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Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. The 58th entry in the One Picture Book series. One from an edition of 500 copies. Includes 12 four color plates along with a tipped in original pigment print. A very fine copy in the publisher's original ziploc bag. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Bateman on the verso of the photograph. An as new copy of one of the best books in the series, an amusing collection of carte de vistes of imaginary robots.
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Mechanical Brides of the Uncanny (Signed Limited Edition)
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Mechanical Brides of the Uncanny : [ONE PICTURE BOOK SERIES -- SIGNED] Thirteen Carte de Visites
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Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2009. First edition. Small octavo (7-1/2" x 5-3/4"). (16)pp. Deep magenta boards lettered in white. Illustrated with 12 reproductions and one original pigment print that is mounted on verso of colophon and signed on the print's verso by Edward Bateman. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies (this is #239). A fine, as new copy. "Presented as a collection of discovered carte de visites, this book documents a forgotten age of mechanical wonders ... Bateman uses this history to question the idea that all photographs are bound to a particular moment in time. Combining 19th century imagery with fabricated automatons, he creates images of the past with an iconography that is usually used to depict the future. They invite a comparison between automatons and cameras; for the first time in human history, objects of our creation were looking back at us. He imagines an era where memory and change marched hand in hand, creating the world we live in today and leaving behind worlds…
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Mechanical Brides of the Uncanny : [ONE PICTURE BOOK SERIES -- SIGNED] Thirteen Carte de Visites
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Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2009. First edition. Small octavo (7-1/2" x 5-3/4"). (16)pp. Deep magenta boards lettered in white. Illustrated with 12 reproductions and one original pigment print that is mounted on verso of colophon and signed on the print's verso by Edward Bateman. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. A fine, as new copy. "Presented as a collection of discovered carte de visites, this book documents a forgotten age of mechanical wonders ... Bateman uses this history to question the idea that all photographs are bound to a particular moment in time. Combining 19th century imagery with fabricated automatons, he creates images of the past with an iconography that is usually used to depict the future. They invite a comparison between automatons and cameras; for the first time in human history, objects of our creation were looking back at us. He imagines an era where memory and change marched hand in hand, creating the world we live in today and leaving behind worlds that only exist…
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