Behind the Great Wall of China: Photoraphs from 1870 to the Present
Hardcover
1972 · New York
by Capa, Cornell
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Good (Dj rubbed and with 3 small, tape-repaired tears). Beautiful tan cloth with orange lettering; matching orange textured end papers. Bw photographic dj with black lettering. Unpaginated with 110 pp. and bw photographs throughout. From an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, showing China from a historical/chronological perspective, beginning with camera images from more than a century ago. This catalogue contains the show's highlights with work by John Thomson, Edgar Snow, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Marc Riboud, and Rene Burri. An introduction by Weston J. Naef traces the history of Western photography in China. A fascinating visual chronicle. (Inventory #: 151056)