EARLY AND UNKNOWN: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE ARCHIVE OF JOSEPH STERLING
by Daiter, Stephen (Contributor/Gallerist) & Sterling, Joseph (Photographer)
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Chicago, IL: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2019. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Chicago, IL: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2019. Softcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 20 pages. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Stephen Daiter Gallery: Small-size volume format. Wraparound pictorial softcovers, as issued. Photographs by Joseph Sterling. Text by Stephen Daiter. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark retrospective exhibition of the same name held at Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago from December 10, 2019 through February 29, 2020, the last show that the gallery held before temporarily closing its doors due to the coronavirus lockdown. Presents "Early And Unknown: Photographs From The Archive of Joseph Sterling". Some of the photographer's earliest work that demonstrate a level of technical and expressive accomplishment: Abstract studies, landscape, street photography, and portrait. Joseph Sterling hid them from public view. They were discovered only after his widow (Sterling died unexpectedly on November 12, 2010) finally showed them to Stephen Daiter Gallery. Closely identified with the Institute of Design (ID) , Sterling's work is characterized by the technical perfection and formal experimentation identified with the Bauhaus-inspired Institute. His best-known work, "The Adolescent Comedy", departs from Bauhaus aesthetics, and the result is simply wonderful. An absolute "must-have" title for Joseph Sterling collectors. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A scarce copy thus. 18 duotone plates. One of the finest American photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSEPH STERLING TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22779
- Title
- EARLY AND UNKNOWN: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE ARCHIVE OF JOSEPH STERLING
- Author
- Daiter, Stephen (Contributor/Gallerist) & Sterling, Joseph (Photographer)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket, As Issued.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Stephen Daiter Gallery
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 2019
- Pages
- 20
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