PAUL OUTERBRIDGE: A SINGULAR AESTHETIC. PHOTOGRAPHS & DRAWINGS 1921-1941, A CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ
Santa Barbara: Arabesque Books, 1981. First Edition. Item #7831
One of 1,500 copies. Quarto (31.5cm); full beige cloth, with title label mounted to spine, and a three dimensional front cover, comprised of a mounted hinged mat framing one of Outerbridge's Carbro-color prints ("Woman with Claws"); publisher's original printed acetate dustjacket; [10],11-238,[2]pp, with 40 images reproduced in color, 56 in black & white. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket.
Catalogue Raisonné for the American photographer, known for pioneering the carbon-transfer printing process in color photography. With an introductory essay by Bernard Barryte, and text by Graham Howe and Elaine Dines. Provenance: While not marked in any way, this copy comes from the collection of Earle and Larry Gray, owners of the Earle Gray Book Binding Company, who were responsible for binding most of the Black Sparrow Press books from 1968-2002, as well as those from Arabesque Books, Capra Press, and others.
Price: $300.00