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The Shape of Things: Photographs from Robert B. Menschel

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Shape of Things: Photographs from Robert B. Menschel
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Quentin Bajac
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:152
Dimensions(mm): Height 268,Width 230
Category/GenrePhotographs: collections
ISBN/Barcode 9781633450226
ClassificationsDewey:779
Audience
General
Illustrations 63 Illustrations, black and white; 6 Illustrations, color

Publishing Details

Publisher Museum of Modern Art
Imprint Museum of Modern Art
Publication Date 10 November 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

This survey explores sixty remarkable photographs from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, all acquired with the support of Robert B. Menschel and meticulously selected for the book by the Museum's Chief Curator of Photography, Quentin Bajac. Ranging from the contemporary artist Andreas Gursky to William Henry Fox Talbot, one of the medium's founding figures, these works collectively tell the story of photography from its beginnings, but upend and newly illuminate that story through their arrangement in reverse chronological order. Each image is the subject of a brief, elegant text. The book borrows its title from a work by Carrie Mae Weems, one of the many great photographs that Menschel has contributed to the collection.

Author Biography

Quentin Bajac is The Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz Chief Curator of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Sarah Hermanson Meister is Curator in the Department of Photography at MoMA.