Early Color by Saul Leiter
First Edition, First Printing, 2006
Signed by Saul Leiter
Mint Condition
This is an extremely rare signed first edition, first printing of “Early Color” published by Steidl, Gottingen and Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York in 2006 in conjunction with the exhibition "Saul Leiter: Early Color" at the Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York, 9 December 2005 - 21 January 2006. Saul Leiter has recently emerged as one of photography's great Artists despite having produced photographs for more than forty years. This book contains 100 photographs that capture the depth and breadth of Leiter’s unique view of the urban scene conveying both the tension of life in the city and the sense of harmony that exists amidst the chaos.
From the publisher: “Although Edward Steichen exhibited some of Saul Leiter’s color photographs at The Museum of Modern Art in 1953, for 40 years afterward they remained virtually unknown to the art world. Saul Leiter: Early Color provides the first opportunity to see a comprehensive presentation of images by one of photography’s great originals. Leiter moved to New York in 1946 intending to be a painter, but through his friendship with the Abstract Expressionist Richard Pousette-Dart, he quickly recognized the creative potential of photography. Though he continued to paint, exhibiting alongside Philip Guston and Willem de Kooning, Leiter’s camera became-like an extension of his arm and mind-an ever-present interpreter of life in the metropolis. He sought out moments of quiet humanity in the Manhattan maelstrom, forging a unique urban pastoral from the most unlikely of circumstances. The lyricism and intensity of his vision come into fullest play in his eloquent handling of color unequaled by his contemporaries. Leiter’s visual language of fragmentation, ambiguity, and contingency is evoked by these 100 subtle, painterly images that stretched the boundaries of photography in the second half of the 20th century.”
Measuring approximately 8” x 8”, the book is a hardcover with a pictorial dust jacket bound in a beautiful rich red cloth. The condition of the book and dust jacket is MINT.
The book has been boldly signed by Saul Leiter on the title page. This is an extremely rare book. Currently, it is the only signed copy of this title on the market
This is a wonderful opportunity to own a signed copy of a highly collectible book by one of the most accomplished photographers of the past half century.
Photographs of the cover and the signature page appear below. Please note that although the photographs appear digitized as thumbnails, they are viewable in the photo viewer by running your mouse over the thumbnail. You can also click on the thumbnail to open a separate window where the picture is viewable.
