The Brooklyn Bridge

New York: The Eakins Press Foundation, 1994. First edition. The complete portfolio containing nine hand-pulled photogravures, printed on Rives BFK paper by Jon Goodman from Evans's original negatives, lent by the Estate of Walker Evans, each with the publisher's debossed stamp. With an introduction, "Walker Evans: The Brooklyn Bridge," by publisher Leslie George Katz, and the dedicatory poem "To Brooklyn Bridge," by Hart Crane. Copy 39 of an edition of 100 numbered copies plus 15 proofs. Each print measures 9 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches (25.1 x 14.9 cm.). Unbound sheets in cloth box, with label, as issued. Fine. "In an age where the 'vintage print' has all but stopped the full realization of important, past photographic works, the Eakins Press Foundation has brought to fulfillment one of the earliest projects of America's most important photographer. The nine photographs of Walker Evans of the Brooklyn Bridge have been scrupulously reproduced in hand-gravure by the renowned printer Jon Goodman. With this portfolio, the quality of the final print has at last reached a level worthy of the grandeur of Evans's vision and the timeless symbol of the Brooklyn Bridge. Each of the nine photographs in this portfolio is an architectural detail reinforcing the integrity of the whole. They dwell with Crane's eloquence in the mind of the viewer to form a kind of prayer. Together, Crane's words and Evans' photographs form a relationship that joins the two mediums in a pure and distinctive metaphor of appreciation that is worthy of both." - excerpt from the essay by Leslie George Katz.