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After a threeyear process of cleaning and retouching, the wellworn prints of edward steichens celebrated 1955 exhibition have been masterfully restored. Hazel, the eldest daughter was 28 and eventually married bill herbert. This book, the permanent embodiment of edward steichens monumental exhibition, reproduces all of the 503 images that steichen described as a mirror of the essential oneness of mankind throughout the world. The family of man edward steichen moma museum of modern. Hailed as the most successful exhibition of photography ever assembled, the family of man opened at the museum of modern art in january 1955. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The family of man the photographic exhibition created for. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The title was taken from a line in a carl sandburg poem.
International center of photography new york, new york, usa perioddate photosecession creation date. This first edition, signed by carl sandburg, edward steichen is available at bauman rare books. My father henri larocque and i in florida 1955 man of values strive at the root of things. It was groundbreaking in its scope 503 images by 273 photographers from 68 countries as well as in the numbers of people who experienced it on its tour through 88 venues in 37 countries. This book was produced in the 1955 as a catalogue of the 503 photos in the museum of modern art in newyork. The family of man first published in 1955 is the pictorial record of one of the most riveting exhibitions of photography of all time. It tells the story of san francisco banker henry barbour and his family, i. You do remember that the family of man was one of the books on your hip great aunts coffee table in the 1960s, though, right. The family of man edward steichen moma museum of modern art. Nov 06, 2015 it started out at moma in 1955 then toured the world, being seen by nine million people. One of the five images from the family of man, captioned bechuanaland. The book, which contains some text, is a poignant treasure of the human condition from birth to death.
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