HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —While the public record documents Zero Mostel as a towering, mercurial force of the American stage, this private archive captures the immediate, unvarnished shock of his sudden passing within the elite nucleus of the post-war New York avant-garde. Horizon Press, under the visionary direction of publisher Ben Raeburn.....

Chicago: The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, 1975. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --This grouping captures the exact moment the academic world fully codified Aaron Siskind’s 'Homage to Franz Kline.' While Siskind began his career in social documentary, his evolution toward abstraction in the 1940s was initially met with.....

New York: Horizon Press, 1974. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —This body of work represents Siskind’s earliest sustained exploration of 'The Wall.' Though he was documenting buildings, his fascination with the texture of weathered stone and the geometry of shadows provides the 'Genesis' for his later, world-renowned abstractions of Martha’s Vineyard and Rome.....

New York: Light Gallery / Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE — Places represents Siskind’s mature period, where the 'place' itself becomes secondary to the 'form' found within it. This volume was central to the mid-70s institutional recognition of Siskind, occurring during the height of the Light Gallery’s influence as.....

San Francisco: The Friends of Photography, 1989. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —Aaron Siskind was a central figure in the 'New York School,' translating the energy of abstract painters like Franz Kline and Mark Rothko into the photographic medium. This specific edition, Road Trip, was published near the end of his life, serving.....