THE GLOW OF HUMANITY: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF SID GROSSMAN AND DAN WEINER

Chicago, IL: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2022. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Chicago, IL: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2022. Softcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 50 pages. Exhibition Catalog. Memorial collection of photographs. The best introduction to the photographic art and achievement of Sid Grossman and Dan Weiner for our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. None of the copies was commercially sold. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Stephen Daiter Gallery: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with white titles on the cover, as issued. Photographs and brief texts by Sid Grossman and Dan Weiner. Essay by Stephen Daiter. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the representation of the two photographers' Estates by Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago in 2022. Presents "The Glow of Humanity: The Photography of Sid Grossman And Dan Weiner". Aptly named selection of breathtakingly beautiful images that show the Photo League aesthetic of Humanism-cum-Modernism at its very best. Although much admired by such influential figures as Walker Evans, both photographers tragically died well before their time - Sid Grossman died of a heart attack at the age of forty-two in 1955; Dan Weiner perished in a plane crash at the age of thirty-nine in 1959 - making the work presented here, that they produced, preserved, and left behind, all the more treasurable. "The artist who works from the inside - who deals with the ideas and forms and symbols of his life experiences - develops an inner vision" (Dan Weiner) . One should also note the unmistakable yet subtle, therefore all the more powerful, eroticism of their beach work, a rare departure from the Photo League's usual subject matter. For admirers and collectors of the Photo League, this Catalog is an indispensable addition. For everyone else who cares about photography, this will be a revelation. An absolute "must-have" title for Sid Grossman and Dan Weiner collectors. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: None of the limited number of copies was sold commercially. A scarce copy thus. 40 plates. Two of the finest American photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO "THIS WAS THE PHOTO LEAGUE" TITLE IN OUR CATALOG).