Cameraworks. David Hockney by Lawrence Weschler - 1984

New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First American Edition. Hardcover. VG-/VG; light soiling at tail of book spine. White cloth over boards; Color-pictorial blue dj. with French folds; 279 pp. with 53 bw figures and 117 bw and color plates. Oversized at 12 x 12 inches and heavy at 6 pounds (2.75 kilos), so will require extra postage. From March 1981 until June 1983, David Hockney spent virtually all of his creative time in voracious experimentation with the camera. He shot thousands of pictures, and in the end produced more than 350 photo¬collages that ranged from intimate 'sketches' to dizzying panoramas containing a myriad of details and hundreds of micro¬perspectives. His aim was to create, as he says, 'pictures that describe how we see ¬ not all at once, but in discrete, separate glimpses, to synthesize a living impression.'.

(HOCKNEY, DAVID). Weschler, Lawrence & David Hockney. DAVID HOCKNEY: CAMERAWORKS - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND THE AUTHOR. Signed by the Artist and Author. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1984. First Edition. Large 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/Fine. 288pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Arnell / Bickford Associates. This is the opulent, oversized 1984 hardbound publication surveying David Hockney's early nineteen eighties photocollages. It beautifully reproduces one hundred and seventeen of these innovative "Cameraworks" accompanied by Lawrence Weschler's incisive essay entitled "True to Life.". A most handsome example of this spectacular tome additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "David H." and "Lawrence Weschler" by the artist and author in black ink on the title page showing a bit of light soiling along the bottom edge. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates… Read More