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"'Flowers 'is a facsimile of the third of William EGGLESTON’s rare artist’s books, which was first published in an edition of only fifteen by Caldecott Chubb in New York in 1978.
The original 'Flowers' was a linen-bound volume with red leather spine and corners recreating the look of a photo album, and housed in a slipcase. Within its pages were twelve original chromogenic coupler prints focused on the theme of flowers.
'Flowers', along with trees and other foliage inevitably feature in many of EGGLESTON's photos as part of the Memphis streetscapes and interiors that are his favorite motifs.
But in this book the flowers take center stage in all their mundane glory—be it a kitsch spray of gladioli and carnations in a cut-glass vase, a single rose before a box hedge, or a forlorn bunch on a white marble tomb inscribed with the word 'Mama.'
Along with EGGLESTON’s 'Morals of Vision', also released this season, 'Flowers' is a further chapter in publication of EGGLESTON’s artist’s books in new editions that honor the design and spirit of the originals, while exposing their contents to the wider public for the first time.
About the book design:
Twelve color photographs printed on Phoenixmotion Xantur 115gsm paper from Scheufelen paper mill, mounted on Somerset Book 115gsm paper from St. Cuthbert Mill with PVA adhesive.
The type, has been set in Berthold Quality Bemba and Perpetua, in reference to Katy Homans’ original design for William EGGLESTON´s 1978 photo book." (publisher's note, © Steidl, 2019)
The original 'Flowers' was a linen-bound volume with red leather spine and corners recreating the look of a photo album, and housed in a slipcase. Within its pages were twelve original chromogenic coupler prints focused on the theme of flowers.
'Flowers', along with trees and other foliage inevitably feature in many of EGGLESTON's photos as part of the Memphis streetscapes and interiors that are his favorite motifs.
But in this book the flowers take center stage in all their mundane glory—be it a kitsch spray of gladioli and carnations in a cut-glass vase, a single rose before a box hedge, or a forlorn bunch on a white marble tomb inscribed with the word 'Mama.'
Along with EGGLESTON’s 'Morals of Vision', also released this season, 'Flowers' is a further chapter in publication of EGGLESTON’s artist’s books in new editions that honor the design and spirit of the originals, while exposing their contents to the wider public for the first time.
About the book design:
Twelve color photographs printed on Phoenixmotion Xantur 115gsm paper from Scheufelen paper mill, mounted on Somerset Book 115gsm paper from St. Cuthbert Mill with PVA adhesive.
The type, has been set in Berthold Quality Bemba and Perpetua, in reference to Katy Homans’ original design for William EGGLESTON´s 1978 photo book." (publisher's note, © Steidl, 2019)
- Ed(s)/Author(s)
- Caldecot Chubb
- Format
- re-edit, linen bound HC (no dust jacket as issued), 30,5 x 23 x 1 cm., 24 pp., 12 color ills., text language: English