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The shape of things : photographs from Robert B. Menschel / Quentin Bajac ; with an essay by Sarah Hermanson Meister.
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Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
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Language
English
Published/Created
New York : The Museum of Modern Art [2016]
©2016
Description
152 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm
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Marquand Library - Photography
N620.M9 S445 2016
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Subject(s)
Photography
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History
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20th century
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Exhibitions
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Photograph collections
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New York (State)
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New York
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Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
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Photograph collections
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Menschel, Robert
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Photograph collections
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Host institution
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
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Museum trustee
Menschel, Robert
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Author
Bajac, Quentin
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Meister, Sarah Hermanson
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Summary note
"This survey explores 60 remarkable photographs from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, all acquired with the support of Robert B. Menschel and meticulously selected for the book by the museum's chief curator of photography, Quentin Bajac. Ranging from the contemporary artist Andreas Gursky to William Henry Fox Talbot, one of the medium's founding figures, these works collectively tell the story of photography from its beginnings, but upend and newly illuminate that story through their arrangement in reverse chronological order. Each image is the subject of a brief, elegant text. The book borrows its title from a work by Carrie Mae Weems, one of the many great photographs that Menschel has contributed to the collection."--Artbook& website (viewed November 14, 2016)
Notes
Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held October 29, 2016-May 7, 2017 at the Museum of Modern Art.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-149) and index.
Contents
Print and presentation : trends in collecting and displaying photographs during John Szarkowski's tenure at the Museum of Modern Art / Sarah Hermanson Meister
Essays and plates / Quentin Bajac.
Other title(s)
Photographs from the Robert B. Menschel collection
ISBN
9781633450226 ((hardcover))
1633450228 ((hardcover))
LCCN
2016951717
OCLC
957546885
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Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage.
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