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The Family Of Man By Edward Steichen Paperback

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Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
ISBN
9780870703416
Book Title
Family of Man
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art
Item Length
11 in
Edition
30
Publication Year
2002
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Edward Steichen
Genre
Photography
Topic
Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, General
Item Weight
26.9 Oz
Item Width
8.3 in
Number of Pages
192 Pages

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Publisher
Museum of Modern Art
ISBN-10
0870703412
ISBN-13
9780870703416
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2261308

Product Key Features

Edition
30
Book Title
Family of Man
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, General
Publication Year
2002
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Photography
Author
Edward Steichen
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
26.9 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
85-003032
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
19
Dewey Decimal
779.2
Synopsis
This now classic book is the permanent embodiment of Edward Steichen's masterpiece - a creation that has been hailed as the most successful and inspiring exhibition of photography ever assembled. The Family of Man opened at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in January 1955 and thereafter traveled throughout the United States and much of the world. In the pages of this book are reproduced all of the 503 images that Steichen described as "photographs, made in all parts of the world, of the gamut of life from birth to death with emphasis on... daily relationships.... Photographs of lovers and marriage and child-bearing, of the family unit with its joys, trials and tribulations.... Photographs concerned with man's dreams and aspirations and photographs of the flaming creative forces of love and truth and the corrosive evil inherent in the lie"., Hailed as the most successful and inspiring exhibition of photography ever assembled The Family of Man opened at The Museum of Modern Art in January 1955. This book, the permanent embodiment of Steichen's monumental exhibition, reproduces all of the 503 images that Steichen described as "a mirror of the essential oneness of mankind throughout the world... Photographs, made in all parts of the world, of the gamut of life from birth to death... Photographs of lovers and marriage and child-bearing... Photographs concerned with man's dreams and aspirations and photographs of the flaming creative forces of love and truth and the corrosive evil inherent in the lie." This is a classic and inspiring work, in print for more than forty years., Hailed as the most successful exhibition of photography ever assembled, The Family of Man opened at The Museum of Modern Art, New York in January 1955. This book, the permanent embodiment of Edward Steichen's monumental exhibition, reproduces all of the 503 images that Steichen described as "a mirror of the essential oneness of mankind throughout the world. Photographs made in all parts of the world, of the gamut of life from birth to death." A classic and inspiring work, The Family of Man has been in print for more than 40 years. The New York Times once wrote that it "symbolizes the universality of human emotions." First produced by a magazine publisher and sold by the hundreds of thousands on newsstands and in airport shops, The Family of Man has been in more recent years published by the Museum. It has been continuously in print since 1955; the present thirtieth-anniversary edition was prepared from original photographs with all new duotone plates in 1986., A groundbreaking humanist classic from the eponymous 1955 show at MoMA, hailed as one of the most successful photography exhibitions of all time Hailed as the most successful exhibition of photography ever assembled, The Family of Man opened at The Museum of Modern Art, New York in January 1955. This book, the permanent embodiment of Edward Steichen's monumental exhibition, reproduces all of the 503 images that Steichen described as "a mirror of the essential oneness of mankind throughout the world. Photographs made in all parts of the world, of the gamut of life from birth to death." A classic and inspiring work, The Family of Man has been in print for more than 40 years. The New York Times once wrote that it "symbolizes the universality of human emotions." First produced by a magazine publisher and sold by the hundreds of thousands on newsstands and in airport shops, The Family of Man has been in more recent years published by the Museum. It has been continuously in print since 1955; the present thirtieth-anniversary edition was prepared from original photographs with all new duotone plates in 1986.
LC Classification Number
TR646.U6N48147 1983

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