Leaves of Grass. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1942.
Title
Leaves of Grass. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1942.
Subject
Walt Whitman
Description
Leaves of Grass. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1942.
First edition thus. 2 volumes. 4to, xxix, 123 pp.; 124-264 pp., 50 photographic plates by Edward Weston. Illustrated boards with leather labels. Copy 1440. Limited to 1500 copies, signed by the photographer.
In 1917, Edward (Henry) Weston was elected a member of the London Salon, then considered the highest honor in Pictorialism. Later that year, after learning of Stieglitz’s, Steichen’s, and Strand’s break with Pictorialism, he too repudiated Pictorialism; “That whole soft focus period in retrospect seems like a staged act; I even dressed to suit the part.” Earlier, in 1930, Weston made this statement which rings of the influence of Whitman, “Life is a coherent whole: rocks, clouds, trees, shells, torsos, smokestacks, peppers are interrelated, interdependent parts of the whole. Rhythms from one become symbols of all.”
First edition thus. 2 volumes. 4to, xxix, 123 pp.; 124-264 pp., 50 photographic plates by Edward Weston. Illustrated boards with leather labels. Copy 1440. Limited to 1500 copies, signed by the photographer.
In 1917, Edward (Henry) Weston was elected a member of the London Salon, then considered the highest honor in Pictorialism. Later that year, after learning of Stieglitz’s, Steichen’s, and Strand’s break with Pictorialism, he too repudiated Pictorialism; “That whole soft focus period in retrospect seems like a staged act; I even dressed to suit the part.” Earlier, in 1930, Weston made this statement which rings of the influence of Whitman, “Life is a coherent whole: rocks, clouds, trees, shells, torsos, smokestacks, peppers are interrelated, interdependent parts of the whole. Rhythms from one become symbols of all.”
Publisher
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Date
1942
Rights
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Format
Book
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Files
Citation
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