Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Tracking, Tracing, Marking, Pacing (Movement Drawings)

New York: Pratt Institute, 1982. First edition. Softcover. Oblong Octavo. Unpaginated, 32 leaves. Original gray quarter cloth over tan stiff heavy paper wraps, perforated at foredge, as is the whole book, with black lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Illustrated title page. Exhibition catalog for the exhibition at the Pratt Institute curated by Ellen Schwartz. "Tracking, Tracing, Marking, Pacing is a drawing show. That is, it is a show not only made up by drawings, but about drawings of a very particular kind–those that represent or are inspired in some way by the notion of movement." (Ellen Schwartz).

With contributions by Ellen Schwartz, Rose Lee Goldberg, Ann Hutchinson, and Jill Beck. While Ellen Schwartz provides an introduction, elaborating on the correlation of movement and drawing and its development over time, Goldberg's "The Art of Notation," focuses on the translation of movement into two-dimensional graphics. She features the art of Oskar Schlemmer, an excellent example of performer and fine artist applying visual material to develop choreography, incl. visual examples. Hutchinson provides an historical overview of dance notation from the Renaissance, Baroque dance, the Romantic period and the development at the turn of the the century as well as the twentieth century systems, featuring the work of Vladimir Stepanov. Jill Beck's contribution is on "Labanotation," a system for recording and analyzing human movement, derived from the work of Rudolf Laban with its basis of nine symbols whose shapes indicate different directions in space.

The illustrated exhibition catalog at rear includes works by the artists Vito Acconi, Lucinda Childs, Laura Dean, Anna Halprin, Jeannie Hutchins, Robert Longo, Kay Rosen, Elizabeth Streb, and Mel Wong, among others. Beautifully illustrated with motion drawings throughout. All drawings were photographed by Eric Pollitzer except Acconi, Wilson, and Zane. Performance photographs by various photographers with photo credits at rear. Wraps with light sunning, very light staining. Wraps in overall good, interior in very good condition. g to vg. Item #47342

Price: $150.00

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