Imogen Cunningham: A Retrospective (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781606066751)

Thoroughly researched and beautifully produced, this catalogue complements the first comprehensive retrospective in the United States of Imogen Cunningham's work in over thirty-five years.

Celebrated American artist Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976) enjoyed a long career as a photographer, creating a large and diverse body of work that underscored her unique vision, versatility, and commitment to the medium. An early feminist and inspiration to future generations, Cunningham intensely engaged with Pictorialism and Modernism; genres of portraiture, landscape, the nude, still life, and street photography; and themes such as flora, dancers and music, hands, and the elderly.

Organized chronologically, this volume explores the full range of the artist's life and career. It contains nearly two hundred color images of Cunningham's elegant, poignant, and groundbreaking photographs, both renowned and lesser known, including several that have not been published previously. Essays by Paul Martineau and Susan Ehrens draw from extensive primary source material such as letters, family albums, and other intimate materials to enrich readers' understanding of Cunningham's motivations and work.

Author: Paul Martineau
ISBN-10: 1606066757
ISBN-13: 9781606066751
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Language: English
Published: 10/27/2020
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.55lbs
Size: 11.10h x 9.70w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/14/2020