Harper's Books

Self-published, circa 1997. Artist's book. Duodecimo. SIGNED and hand-numbered as 5 of 25 copies. In a more elemental way than Gillian Wearing (Signs That Say What You Want Them to Say), Barbara Ess here photographs performed emotions: sad, mad, glad, anxious, ambivalent, afraid. Contents: 6 hand-trimmed gelatin silver prints (2 x 2 inches) affixed to staple-bound leaves with gelatin silver print covers, reproducing an image from Duchenne's Mécanisme de la Physionomie Humaine (1876). Fine copy. Scarce, with single OCLC record located (Minnesota), albeit with only four photographs/emotions.

Item #32217

Price: $450.00