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Saul Leiter : in my room

Title: Saul Leiter : in my room / Saul Leiter ; with an essay by Carole Naggar and an afterword by Robert Benton ; edited by Margit Erb and Robert Benton.
Publication: Düstere, Göttingen : Steidl, 2017.

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141 pages : illustrations, portraits; 21 cm

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"Fed by thrilling recent discoveries from Saul Leiter's vast archive, In My Room provides an in-depth study of the nude, through intimate photographs of the women Leiter knew. Showing deeply personal interior spaces, often illuminated by the lush natural light of the artist's studio in New York City's East Village, these black-and-white images reveal the unique collaboration between Leiter and his subjects.In the 1970s, Leiter planned to make a book of his nudes, but never realized the project in his lifetime. Now we are granted a first-time look at this body of work, which Leiter began on his arrival in New York in 1946 and chipped away at over the next two decades. Leiter, who was also a painter, incorporates abstract elements into these photographs and often shows the influence of his favorite artists, including Bonnard, Vuillard and Matisse.The prolific Leiter, who painted and took pictures fervently up to his death, worked in relative obscurity well into his eighties. Leiter preferred solitude in life, and resisted any type of explanation or analysis of his work. With In My Room, Leiter ushers viewers into his private world while retaining his strong sense of mystery."--Publisher's website.

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In my room

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3958291031
9783958291034

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9783958291034

OCLC

on1044844713
1044844713
SCSB-9044578

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Princeton University Library