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Berlin. Photographs and Poems [SIGNED]

Celaya, Enrique Martinez

Los Angeles: Stephen Cohen Gallery, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on half title, numbered 16/20 and signed on verso of powerful original gravure image at rear. Octavo. 84pp. Original black cloth with red lettering on cover and spine. Black endpapers. Framed half-title and title page printed on red and black. Photograph of the artist by Danny First. This book accompanied the exhibition "Berlin. The Fragility of Nearness" at the Stephen Cohen Gallery from December 5, 1998 to January 9, 1999. "Insignificance: Today. to claim any significance or meaning, even if only to ourselves, is to flirt with ridicule. Many see banality as a consequence of knowing the real condition of things. All I see in these postures is their lack of substantial offers and how it becomes doctrine and, eventually, an escape from the burden of independent and serious engagement with art and life." (Celaya). Celaya is a Cuban-born painter and sculptor. Contains list of titles, chronology at rear. Binding lightly rubbed. Very good+ condition. Item #46118

Price: $475.00