Editore: Chicago, IL: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2019
Da: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 20 pages. Published in 2019. 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). no.
Editore: Chicago, IL: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2011
Da: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 60 pages. Published in 2011. Memorial 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. Pictorial softcovers with white titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Joseph Sterling. Text by Bob Tanner and Sterling's family. 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 AIPAD Photography Show in 2011. Presents "Joseph Sterling". Some of the photographer's finest and most representative images in a tribute to his life-work. Sterling died unexpectedly on November 12, 2010. Closely identified with the Institute of Design (ID), his 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 now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Memorial Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A scarce copy thus. 28 duotone plates. One of the finest American photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSEPH STERLING TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). no.
Editore: Chicago, IL: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2022
Da: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 50 pages. Published in 2022. 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). no.
Editore: Chicago, IL: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2022
Da: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 50 pages. Published in 2022. Exhibition Catalog. Memorial collection of photographs. The best introduction to the photographic art and achievement of Robert Stiegler 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. A brilliant production by Stephen Daiter Gallery: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with white titles on the cover, as issued. Photographs and Brief Afterword by Robert Stiegler. Essays by Stephen Daiter and Wayne Boyer. Printed on pristine-white, very thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is outstanding in every respect, one of the best books ever published by Stephen Daiter Gallery. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark retrospective exhibition by Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago in 2022. Presents "Robert Stiegler: Photographs". His ground-breaking, masterly work, captured in one handsome volume. It is formally rigorous yet highly experimental work whose underlying, near-obsessive thread is the complex interaction between light and shadow, particularly its infinite possibilities. Stiegler received his Bachelor's Degree in 1960 and his Master's Degree in 1970 from the Institute of Design (ID), where he studied under Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind. He was part of a now-iconic group of photographers who include Barbara Crane, Kenneth Josephson, Tom Rago, and Richard Nickel. Robert Stiegler died before his time in 1990 at the age of fifty-two. So it's a blessing that his work is in the Permanent Collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the George Eastman House, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago, and the University of Illinois Chicago. An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Stiegler 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: This is the best introduction to Robert Stiegler's work. None of the limited number of copies was sold commercially. A scarce copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with black-and-white plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER INSTITUTE OF DESIGN PHOTOGRAPHERS IN OUR CATALOG). no.
Editore: Chicago, IL: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2007
Da: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 23 pages. Published in 2007. Gallery Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Gallery Catalog is now rare. A brilliant production by Stephen Daiter Gallery: Pictorial softcovers that show an image by Martin Parr, as issued. Photographs by various artists. Text by Stephen Daiter. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the AIPAD Photography Show Miami held in December 5 through 9, 2007. Presents "Stephen Daiter Gallery: The AIPAD Photography Show Miami". Showcases the works of the gallery's 20th-century greats as well as contemporary artists, in order: Ben Gest, William Eggleston, Paul D'Amato, Martin Parr (his brilliant "Mexico" Series), Edward Weston, Robert Frank, and Aaron Siskind. Ascribes the dramatic changes to our way of seeing to the technical as well as creative advances of photography. An absolute "must-have" title for photography collectors. This title is now collectible. 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. Please note: This is a catalog, NOT a full-fledged volume. But its production values and rarity make it eminently collectible. A rare copy thus. 22 color and black-and-white plates. Some of the finest photographers of the 20th century and our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER STEPHEN DAITER GALLERY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). no.
Editore: Chicago, IL: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2017
Da: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 20 pages. Published in 2017. 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 rare. An austerely elegant production by Craig Cotsones: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers, as issued. Photographs by Sabine Weiss. Text by Stephen Daiter. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect, a work of love. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago from February 10 through April 29, 2017. Presents "Sabine Weiss: Intimate Memory". The very first solo exhibition of the artist/photographer (who turned 93 in 2017) in the United States since 1954, or sixty-three years later. "Born in 1924 in Switzerland, she has always maintained a fierce independence and a need to strike out on her own. At just eighteen, during a time when being a photographer was not a common profession, especially for a woman, she took off in order to pursue this passion, riding her bicycle to Geneva. Robert Doisneau discovered her photography and asked her to join the humanist-leaning photo agency Rapho, giving her opportunities to work and travel for many other publications such as Time, Life, Newsweek, and Paris-Match. To this day, much of Weiss' work is still unknown to the general public for personal reasons. She explained that she had kept a tight seal on her black-and-white work from the 1950's. For reasons beyond her control, her first and last solo show in United States took place at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1954. It wasn't until recently that she was 're-discovered' in Europe, thanks to the 2016 retrospective at the Jeu de Paume Paris. The exhibition revealed Weiss' diverse output as an artist and defined her as the last representative of the French Humanist School of Photography, with the likes of Robert Doisneau, Izis Bidermanas, and Willy Ronis. An insatiable curiosity and lightness of being have continuously driven her life and photographic work. This is reflected in her remarkable vintage photographs of Paris in the Fifties, filled with compassion, playfulness, and a genuine tenderness toward humanity" (Stephen Daiter). The vintage photographs in the show are "my secret garden, my spiritual nest egg which I kept in reserve, my personal and intimate memory". Photography is "an alibi, a pretext for seeing everything, for going everywhere, for communicating with everyone" (Sabine Weiss). An absolute "must-have" title for Sabine Weiss collectors. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of very few copies of the Exhibition Catalog still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies of Sabine Weiss' books available online command many hundreds of dollars, rightly so. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with duotone plates. One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century and our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SABINE WEISS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). no.
Lingua: Lingue multiple
Editore: Berlin, Germany: Only Photography, 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 3981688546 ISBN 13: 9783981688542
Da: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 154 pages. Published in 2015. The photographer's masterpiece, re-produced, not just re-issued. Limited Edition of 500 numbered copies. Should not be confused with and is different (in terms of production values, in a crucial sense) from the previous volume, "Age of Adolescence". Published as a hardcover original only. A brilliant production by Roland Angst: Oversize-volume format. Orange pictorial hard boards with blue titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Joseph Sterling. Texts by Stephen Daiter and Christiane Kuhlmann in English, German, and Japanese. Printed in tritone on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Berlin, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect: Its clarity, warmth, and most important of all, its tonal range, which captures the originals faithfully. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its Limited Edition format, Joseph Sterling's "The Adolescent Comedy". Published posthumously, THE definitive presentation of one of the best photographic records of The American Teen-ager. As originally conceived by Sterling for his Master's Thesis in 1962, the vintage prints were considerably darker than the later, contemporary prints he made. "In photography, the heart of the artistic message often has as much to do with how it is printed as with what it depicts. It is not just what you say, but how you say it. The prints in Sterling's original thesis really say it imbued with the angst, insecurity, alienation, and edginess of adolescence" (Stephen Daiter). "The Adolescent Comedy" was also Sterling's original title for the sequence. It is both apt and ironic, as it shows American kids to be both playful and serious, friendly and menacing, cheerful and pensive. They anticipate the work of many contemporary photographers without their necessarily being aware of it. Their remarkable simplicity and effortless grace have re-appeared in so many images of young people ever since. Still, few photographs have the timeless appeal as Sterling's work. Joseph Sterling died unexpectedly on November 12, 2010. An absolute "must-have" title for Joseph Sterling collectors. This is a copy of the Limited Edition of 500 numbered copies, indicated/numbered as such on the Back Limitation Page. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A scarce copy thus. 136 tritone plates. One of the finest American photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSEPH STERLING TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3981688546. no.