Snapshot Archive of Small Town American Auto Racing
by KOYT, George
- Used
- Condition
- Photographs are uniformly near fine with some notations to verso; organized into 97 packets.
- Seller
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East Hampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Circa 1973-1995. Photographs are uniformly near fine with some notations to verso; organized into 97 packets.. Archive of 418 original snapshots, 5 x 3 1/2 inches, many with notations to verso, documenting 97 racetracks, primarily in the American Midwest, but also stretching from New York State to California. The photographer, one George A. Koyt (1938-2010), apparently spent over twenty years traveling cross-country to myriad small-town racetracks, especially in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, where 50 of the tracks pictured were located. The unifying aesthetic of the archive is typological strategy; at each track, Koyt photographed the signage, and in the process, created a directory of American Midwestern vernacular graphic design. The photographs have been organized around the signage into packets, some with a single photo, others with up to a dozen additional photographs documenting various aspects of the racetrack, such as crowds and the actual races. Altogether, the archive captures both a homespun graphic language as well as recording a uniquely American popular culture of stock-car and sprint-car racing.
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- Bookseller
- Harper's Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23167
- Title
- Snapshot Archive of Small Town American Auto Racing
- Author
- KOYT, George
- Book Condition
- Used - Photographs are uniformly near fine with some notations to verso; organized into 97 packets.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- Circa 1973-1995
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- Objects;
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Harper's Books, Inc.
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About the Seller
Harper's Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
East Hampton, New York
About Harper's Books, Inc.
Harper's Books, founded in 1997, is a bookshop and photography gallery located in East Hampton, New York. We are one of the world's leading dealers in photographic literature, with particular emphasis placed on association copies and landmark books presented in exceptional condition. In addition to our book business, we maintain a gallery space where photographs are exhibited in concert with books. Harper's Books is a member of the ABAA, and the only American rare book dealer chosen to exhibit yearly at Paris Photo.
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