New York-Paris, Paris-New York aller-retour/Round Trip
Softcover
2002 · Giverny
by Griffith, Bronwyn and Lee Vedder
Giverny: MAAG, 2002. Softcover. VG+ (NF but with gallery owner's stamp on title page and small sticker on lower front cover). Color-illustrated card wraps with grey spine. French flaps. 111 pp. with 42 illustrations in color and bw. Main text in French with English translations in back. Essays include Paris-New York, Round Trip: American Modernism in the Making, 1875-1940; and Transatlantic Visions: Twentieth-Century American Photographs. With the exhibition checklist and a bibliography. Paris and New York have always played a key role in innovative and experimental character of the American establishment. Through examining the works of the late 19th and early 20th century, Vedder traces the path of early American modernity of Paris and New York. Griffith addresses the fascination exerted by the two cities through photograhps from the second half of the 20th century. A wonderful catalogue with amazing photographs. (Inventory #: 141666)