Unknown Berenice Abbott, The
by: Kurtz, Ron [Editor]; O'Neal, Hank [Editor]

Hardcover. Gottingen, Steidl, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Five Volumes, 1,244 pages. 4to, clothbound, with tipped in photos on front of each book, handmade slipcase. Gottingen, Steidl, 2013. Limited edition of 2000 copies. The works in this this beautifully printed set presents hundreds of Abbott's outstanding but largely unknown images, many for the first time. They date from her return to New York from Paris in 1929, where she had worked as Man Ray's assistant, created an archive of Atget's work, and developed her own career as a photographer. The images here range from her earliest photographs in New York City, the American south, lumberjacks in California's High Sierra Mountains, and the sophisticated bohemia of Greenwich Village. Volume I: New York - Early Work, 1929-1931 Volume II: The American Scene, 1930-1935 Volume III: Deep Woods, 1943 and 1967 Volume IV: Greenwich Village, 1935-1950 Volume V: U.S. 1, USA. NOTE: DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.