AARON SISKIND - 1981 - HARLEM DOCUMENT: Photographs 1932 - 1940 (hrdcvr) DUST JACKET
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:17351267 | Origin: American |
| Binding: Hardcover | Year Printed: 1981 |
| Subject: Art & Photography | Topic: Harlem, Depression Era |
| Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated |
HARLEM DOCUMENT: Photographs 1932-1940, by AARON SISKIND; Foreword by GORDON PARKS; Text From FEDERAL WRITERS PROJECT, Edited by Ann Banks- 1981- A Matrix Publication, Providence, Rhode Island- FIRST EDITION (‘First Edition’ STATED)- This is NOT an ex-library book- BINDING is dark blue cloth HARDCOVER with titles in WHITE on cover and spine; binding and text are neat, clean and solid, VG with NO extraneous writings or bookplates. Just light wear. The pictorial DUST JACKET is also n...eat, clean and bright in new archival protector. Just light wear. Overall, a nice, SOLID COPY of a fairly UNCOMMON DOCUMENTARY of DEPRESSION ERA HARLEM in PHOTOGRAPHS and TEXT… a SMALL-EDITION portfolio of 57 CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING photographs… a TIME CAPSULE of a LOST ERA… At that time, SISKIND was part of the PHOTO LEAGUE, a group COMMITTED to DOCUMENTING SOCIAL ISSUES… the detailed text, FIRST-PERSON NARRATIVES, were collected by members of the FEDERAL WRITERS PROJECT which included novelist / scholar, RALPH ELLISON among many others… Oblong volume of 79 pages.
