BALTZ, Lewis

The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California

New York: Leo Castelli / Castelli Graphics (1974). First Edition. Square quarto. 960 copies printed. SIGNED by Baltz, and inscribed by the book's designer, Thomas F. Barrow, to New York gallerist Susan Harder. Fifty-one uniform black and white images of suburban industrial buildings, shot in a minimalist style, with the third picture, "Industrial Structure During Painting," looking eerily like a Mondrian. A book celebrated for its intentional boring beauty, and one of the highlights of the New Topographics movement in American photography. (Roth 228-229, Open Book 298-299; Auer 576). Harder's red stamp to the front flap, with a little ink bleeding on the front endpaper, otherwise fine in a fine jacket, lightly toned as usual.