From: Sandy King (sanking@clemson.edu)
Date: 10/24/01-05:04:17 PM Z
Katharine,
Do you also have a source for the Farova book?
Sandy King
>I can't find any mention of a Sudek book that's "just appeared" in the
>US so I also assume that the book Andre is referring to is the Pigment
>Prints book Sandy mentioned, published in 1998; a catalogue that
>accompanied an exhibition at the Sander-O'Reilly Galleries. You can find
>this book for less than $50; look at Bookfinder, for example:
>
>http://www.bookfinder.com/
>
>
> The new ones seem to be cheaper than the used ones ($75 for used vs $35
>for new).
>
>I have both books; the Farova monograph has some pigment prints that
>aren't in the Pigment Prints book, (particularly some early ones
>1918-1922); and the converse is also true: there are a number of images
>in the Pigment Prints book that aren't in the Farova.
>
>I didn't do an exhaustive analysis comparing the reproductions, but of
>the two cases that I looked at where both books had a reproduction of
>the same exact print, (identity apparent from margin smudges, tears at
>the edge of the image, and the signature) the color casts of the prints
>are distinctly different in the two books. Having never seen the
>originals, I have no idea which is more correct.
>Katharine Thayer
>
>
>
>Sandy King wrote:
>>
>> I assume this is the book published by Sander-O-Reilly Galleries in
>> 1998, called Pigment Prints? If so it has good reproductions, in what
>> one assumes to be correct color, of Sudek's carbro prints, and a nice
>> introduction. I have not seen the Farova monograph so can not
>> compare, but $50 seems a bit high (but a lot less than the $50K and
>> up prince of the prints!)
>>
>> Sandy
>>
>> >A book on Sudek's pigment prints has just appeared in the U.S. For
>> >us poor Eurolanders it's a pricey item (it lists at US$50). Hence
>> >my question: Has anyone held the book in his hands yet? What are
>> >the reproductions like? Is it worth buying? (In particular for
>> >someone who already owns the Farova monograph?)
>> >
>> >Many thanks in advance! -- AF
>>
>> --
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