Author: SEKAER, PETER (1901-1950)
Title: Signs of life : photographs by Peter Sekaer / John T. Hill ; with contributions by Julian Cox and Christina Sekaer
Description: Atlanta : Go¨ttingen : New York : High Museum of Art ; Steidl ; In cooperation with Howard Greenberg Gallery 2010. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 198 pages; Physical description: 198. [1] p. : chiefly ill. (some col. ) ; 28 cm. Catalog of an exhibition held at High Museum of Art. Atlanta. Georgia. June 5. 2010-Jan. 9. 2011. Peter Sekaer (1901-50) emerged as an artist in the company of Ben Shahn. Berenice Abbott. and Walker Evans. This book intends to show how he stepped from their benign shadows to build his own distinctive style. It is the first monograph to show the full range of his accomplishments. Sekaer's early work combines dispassionate images with others that show his concern and intuitive grasp of the human condition. Many of his most memorable photographs were made while fulfilling mundane assignments for various government agencies. Sekaer had none of the reformer's passion found in the works of Jacob Riis or Lewis Hine. His stance was more that of the artist/anthropologist. who delighted in recording the artifacts and gestures that defined American society in the 1930s. Subjects: Sekaer. Peter. 1901-1950 - Exhibitions. Photography. Artistic - Exhibitions. Documentary photography - United States - Exhibitions.Weight in Kg appr.:

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