benjamin evans mitchell (4 Ergebnisse)

unknown_binding. Zustand: Good. Ex-Library hardcover no dj (blue boards) with the usual markings, attachments, and library wear. Except for library markings, interior clean and unmarked. Tight binding.

viii, 16pp. 440 illus. hors texte. 4to. Cloth. D.j.

72 pp.; 28 x 21.5 cm.; staple bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held in dual venues : "The Eighties" at MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, December 19, 1987 - February 7, 1988 and "Pioneers" at Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston, MA, November 23, 1987 - January 15, 1988. Artists included at MIT: Judie Bamber, Nancy Burton, David Bunn, Barbara Carrasco, Brad Dunning, Tim Ebner, Nancy Evans, Michael Gonzalez, John L. Graham, Connie Hatch, Jim Isermann, Mike Kelley, Liz Larner, Daniel J. Martinez, Patrick Nagatani, Luciano Perna, Lari Pittman, Stephen Prina, Ernest Scott, Jim Shaw, Mitchell Syrop, Andrée Tracey, and Christopher Williams. Artists at Bank of Boston included: ASCO, Michael Asher, Billy Al Bengston, John Baldessari, Chris Burden, Edward Kienholz, Kenneth Price, Bruce Nauman, Allen Ruppersberg, Edward Ruscha, Betye Saar, and "Futura" an installation by Jim Isermann. Essays by Friis-Hansen, Dennis Cooper, Rita Valencia, Benjamin Weissman, and "a conversation between two Los Angeles art critics" by Christopher Knight and Howard Singerman. Illustrations, biographies, checklist, and selected general readings. Very Good. Light rubbing of covers and bumping of corners. Contents clean and unmarked.

All first editions, first printings. Octavos, pp., xxvii, [2], 1403, [3] (vols. 1-2 paginated continuously); xxvi, 758; xxvi, 633, [1]; xlix, 764; xxx, 806; xxii, [1], 576. Numerous archival photographs, facsimiles of letters and scores within text. All original publisher's black, grey, and red cloth, titled in gilt to spines, all in original publisher's unclipped dust-jackets; pictorial end-papers to each volume. Volumes 1 and 2 in the original slate-grey slipcase. Spine-panel of volumes 1 and 2 sunned to yellow, jackets otherwise bright and fresh. Volume 5 bound upside down, bindings otherwise tight and strong. Contents clean and free of annotations or inscriptions. A very good to near-fine set in like jackets. A comprehensive portrait of the composer's life, from his earliest correspondence at the age of 10, to his final letters. A landmark work of scholarship, this six volume set includes detailed editorial commentary with exhaustive archival documentation. Britten was hailed as the most significant British composer of the twentieth century. His influence was profound, and his operatic, vocal, and orchestral works continue to be performed around the world. The full first edition set of the definitive scholarly edition which captures both the composer's life, and his world. Heavyweight, so an additional postage contribution may be requested for shipping to overseas addresses. ODNB.