Frederick Sommer first became renowned for his austere desert landscapes and portraits \u2013 a flattened jackrabbit from 1939, a portrait of Max Ernst merged with the side of a weathered building. He later turned his fascination with what he termed \u201celegance of form\u201d in surprising directions: a series of dramatically lit paper cutouts from the late 1970s, and his photo-collages from the 1990s, meticulous works incorporating anatomical drawings. The Box is a randomly-ordered series of 64 cards which readers can re-compose into a unique sequence\/book of their own. Called one of the 100 greatest photography books ever printed, this is a beautifully designed work of art.<\/p>\n
From the first printing of 1,000 hand numbered copies. Sixty-four 4 x 4 inch cards, enclosed in a clear lucite box. Very fine as issued, Frederick Sommer first became renowned for his austere desert landscapes and portraits \u2013 a flattened jackrabbit from 1939, a portrait of Max Ernst merged with the side of a weathered building. He later turned his fascination with what he termed \u201celegance of form\u201d in surprising directions: a series of dramatically lit paper cutouts from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":79555,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[87],"product_tag":[771],"class_list":["post-7272","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-limited-signed-editions","product_tag-frederick-sommer","first","instock","sale","sold-individually","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/7272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=7272"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=7272"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=7272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}$400.00\u00a0<\/del> acrylic plexi box has small thin crack on side and front cover otherwise very fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"