Friedlander, MOMA, Artist Signed First Edition

Friedlander, The Museum of Modern Art by Peter Galassi

First Edition, First Printing, 2005

Signed by both Lee Friedlander and Peter Galassi

MINT Condition

Published by the Museum of Modern Art in 2005 on the occasion of the major retrospective exhibition “"Friedlander" at The Museum of Modern Art”, this is the definitive work on one of the most important photographers of the twentieth century. The book is profusely illustrated with 850 images (approximately 350 duotone plates from separations by Thomas Plamer, and 25 color illustrations), printed on 150 gsm New-G Matt art paper by Oceanic Graphic Printing. Measuring 13” x 12” and 480 pages, the volume includes a note on the prints, an extensive, illustrated and annotated bibliography of Friedlander's books, special editions and portfolios compiled by Dalia Azim, a chronology, artist's bibliography and list of plates. The book is a hardcover of black cloth covered boards with the title stamped in yellow on the spine with a photographically illustrated dust jacket.

The book has been boldly signed by both Lee Friedlander and Peter Galassi on the half title page.  The condition of both the book and dust jacket is MINT. It is rare to find this title in this condition and the signatures of both Friedlander and Galassi make this a scarce collectible that is a “must have” for Friedlander enthusiasts.

Writing about The Museum of Modern Art's monumental and critically acclaimed 2005 Lee Friedlander retrospective, Richard Lacayo of Time magazine said: "If a sophisticated notion of what a picture can look like, the continuous construction of new avenues of feeling, and sheer, sustained inventiveness are the measures we go by, then Friedlander is one of the most important American artists of any kind since World War II Friedlander loves the muchness of the world. He loves the haphazard multitude of things that can pop up in every picture--street signs, sunbeams, bits of roofline, a jagged shadow--all colliding and contradicting one another. In his breezy but very acute introduction to the show's catalogue, Peter Galassi, MoMA's chief curator of photography, gets it just right when he says some of Friedlander's pictures give you the impression that 'the physical world had been broken into fragments and reconstituted under pressure at three times its original density.”

Photographs of the book and signatures appear at the end of this listing.