nazraeli press in association with hemphill washington dc tucson arizona (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed in black ink on the half-title page by Mills. Hardcover. Fine beige cloth with title blind-stamped on front cover and spine, with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs by Joseph Mills. Essay by Anne Tucker. Designed by Melissa Kennedy. 72 pp., with 44 color reproductions and 4 color reference illustrations, beautifully printed on Japanese White A paper. 9-1/4 x 7-1/4 inches. This first printing was limited to 2000 copies. Published in association with Hemphill, Washington, DC, to coincide with 2003 one-person exhibitions "Joseph Mills: Inner City" at the Corcoran Gallery and Hemphill Fine Art. Essay by Anne Tucker. New in New dust jacket (opened only for signature). From Anne Tucker: "Mills is a good enough picture maker to intrigue us and yet he is determined to keep us on the edge of unknowing." From the publisher: "Joseph Mills is a mid-career artist who has produced three distinct but interlocking bodies of work. He is best known for his surreal photomontages and collages. The other two series are the ongoing affair, through photography, with his wife; and his black and white street work, the latter of which are featured in his first monograph, Inner City. People and their detritus are the focal points of these pictures. His subjects are not Washington's elite, but those whose situations in life are more peripheral and vulnerable: children, street prophets, the homeless and the mentally unstable. The resulting pictures are both about the inner city life he records and his own internal conflicts. Printed on outdated paper and heavily coated in amber toned varnish, Mills' photographs become objects, "windows onto some world that really wasn't out there." Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed in black ink on the half-title page by Joe Mills and Anne Tucker. Hardcover. Fine beige cloth with title blind-stamped on front cover and spine, with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs by Joseph Mills. Essay by Anne Tucker. Designed by Melissa Kennedy. 72 pp., with 44 color reproductions and 4 color reference illustrations, beautifully printed on Japanese White A paper. 9-1/4 x 7-1/4 inches. This first printing was limited to 2000 copies. Published in association with Hemphill, Washington, DC, to coincide with 2003 one-person exhibitions "Joseph Mills: Inner City" at the Corcoran Gallery and Hemphill Fine Art. Essay by Anne Tucker. New in New dust jacket (opened only for signature). From Anne Tucker: "Mills is a good enough picture maker to intrigue us and yet he is determined to keep us on the edge of unknowing." From the publisher: "Joseph Mills is a mid-career artist who has produced three distinct but interlocking bodies of work. He is best known for his surreal photomontages and collages. The other two series are the ongoing affair, through photography, with his wife; and his black and white street work, the latter of which are featured in his first monograph, Inner City. People and their detritus are the focal points of these pictures. His subjects are not Washington's elite, but those whose situations in life are more peripheral and vulnerable: children, street prophets, the homeless and the mentally unstable. The resulting pictures are both about the inner city life he records and his own internal conflicts. Printed on outdated paper and heavily coated in amber toned varnish, Mills' photographs become objects, "windows onto some world that really wasn't out there." Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed in ink verso title page by Mills. Hardcover. Rich felt-covered green bevel-edge boards with title stamped in gilt on cover, quarter-bound in green faux alligator skin, with all edges gilt. 32 pp., with 26 four-color plates gorgeously printed with a lush double varnish. 13 x 9-5/8 inches. New. From the publisher: "'With the photomontages, Mills uses techniques to convince us that the surreal is real. Ordinary daily rituals are suddenly transfigured by our worst fears. Reality is out of control. Fears that we usually suppress may not be baseless. the [images] exist on the edge of horror and beauty.' -Anne Wilkes Tucker. Joseph Mills' first monograph, Inner City, was published by Nazraeli Press in 2003 to wide critical acclaim. The Loves of the Poets, featuring the artist's beautifully raw, disturbingly seductive collages, is a work of art unto itself.[T]his gorgeous artist's book features twenty-six collages that seem to be on the verge of complete revelation but time and again leave the viewer on a suspended note. The success of these images, in the words of Tucker, 'lies in the fact that they are anchored in reality just enough so that we are on the edge between surreality and reality.' The Loves of the Poets brings the marriage of artist and book to a new level." Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first and only printing. Signed in black ink on the title page by Christenberry. Hardcover. Fine cloth, with debossed title blind-stamped on front cover and spine, with dust jacket. Drawings by William Christenberry. Designed by Lisa Bertnick and George Hemphill. 54 pp., with four-color plates, beautifully printed on fine matte art paper. 16-3/4 x 13-1/4 inches. This first edition was limited to 1000 copies. Fine in Fine dust jacket. From the publisher: "Widely known for his work in photography and sculpture, William Christenberry's early career was marked by large abstract expressionist paintings (1954--64). Like many artists educated and inspired by abstract expressionists, Christenberry has consistently produced works on paper that often remained hidden from collectors and curators. W/P, the latest book on Christenberry's work, presents a selection of mostly large-scale (32 x 40), recent works on paper executed with a variety of materials including wax, ink, soil, felt paper and sandpaper. As with much of his work, the last "drawing" touches upon his themes of decay and rebirth, persistence, pathos, regeneration and hope. W/P highlights recent drawings of tree forms, employed by Christenberry as the image by which to portray abstract structures, among which are hidden hanging gourds, a swaying figure, a cruciform shape recalling a burning cross, and house forms recalling abandoned tenant farms. William Christenberry has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, and his work has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States and Europe. W/P is printed in an oversize format, and limited to 1,000 hardbound copies." Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first and only printing. Limited clamshell edition intended only for private distribution, with an original, varnished color print (11 x 8-1/2 inches) mounted on antique paper, signed in black ink by Mills. The print and book are contained in a custom, black velvet-like cloth-covered clamshell box with illustration debossed on lid and burgundy velour lining. The book is signed in black ink on the half-title page by Mills and Tucker. Hardcover. Fine linen cloth, with title stamped in black on front cover and spine, with a special tissue paper dust jacket. Photographs by Joseph Mills. Essay by Anne Tucker. Designed by Melissa Kennedy. 72 pp., with 49 four-color plates, beautifully printed on fine matte art paper. Book measures 9-1/4 x 7-3/8 inches; clamshell measures 13 x 9-5/8 inches. This first edition was limited to 2000 copies. New (print, book and clamshell box in pristine condition). From Anne Tucker: "Mills is a good enough picture maker to intrigue us and yet he is determined to keep us on the edge of unknowing." From the publisher: "Joseph Mills is a mid-career artist who has produced three distinct but interlocking bodies of work. He is best known for his surreal photomontages and collages. The other two series are the ongoing affair, through photography, with his wife; and his black and white street work, the latter of which are featured in his first monograph, Inner City. People and their detritus are the focal points of these pictures. His subjects are not Washington's elite, but those whose situations in life are more peripheral and vulnerable: children, street prophets, the homeless and the mentally unstable. The resulting pictures are both about the inner city life he records and his own internal conflicts. Printed on outdated paper and heavily coated in amber toned varnish, Mills' photographs become objects, 'windows onto some world that really wasn't out there.' Published in association with Hemphill, Washington, DC, to coincide with one-person exhibitions at the Corcoran Gallery and Hemphill Fine Art. Essay by Anne Tucker." Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Deluxe limited edition of 100 signed and numbered copies, with an original, signed, 8-1/2 x 7-inch color print mounted on a unique sheet of 11 x 8-1/2-inch antique paper, and finished with a high-gloss varnish. The print is signed in black ink in the lower margin by Mills, and is accompanied by a laid-in statement printed in letterpress and signed and numbered in pencil by Mills. The book is signed in ink verso title page by Mills. Hardcover. Rich felt-covered green bevel-edge boards with title stamped in gilt on cover, quarter-bound in green faux alligator skin, with all edges gilt; no dust jacket as issued. The print and book are housed in a rich black felt-covered clamshell box with Mills-derived animalian silhouette debossed on cover. 32 pp., with 26 four-color plates gorgeously printed with a lush double varnish. Book measures 11-5/8 x 8-3/4 inches; clamshell box measures 13 x 9-5/8 inches. New in publisher's packaging (book, print and clamshell box all in flawless, pristine condition). From the publisher: "'With the photomontages, Mills uses techniques to convince us that the surreal is real. Ordinary daily rituals are suddenly transfigured by our worst fears. Reality is out of control. Fears that we usually suppress may not be baseless. the [images] exist on the edge of horror and beauty.' -Anne Wilkes Tucker. Joseph Mills's first monograph, Inner City, was published by Nazraeli Press in 2003 to wide critical acclaim. The Loves of the Poets, featuring the artist's beautifully raw, disturbingly seductive collages, is a work of art unto itself.[T]his gorgeous artist's book features twenty-six collages that seem to be on the verge of complete revelation but time and again leave the viewer on a suspended note. The success of these images, in the words of Tucker, 'lies in the fact that they are anchored in reality just enough so that we are on the edge between surreality and reality.' The Loves of the Poets brings the marriage of artist and book to a new level." Signed by Author.