Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 17

The Gernsheim Collection, Edited by Roy Flukinger, 1st Ed

$95
£72.24
€83.33
CA$133.08
A$148.94
CHF 77.77
MX$1,817.08
NOK 987.19
SEK 936.78
DKK 622.26
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

The Gernsheim Collection, Edited by Roy Flukinger. University of Texas Press, Sep 1, 2010. One of the most important collections of photography in the world. Amassed by the renowned husband-and-wife team of Helmut and Alison Gernsheim between 1945 and 1963, it contains an unparalleled range of images, beginning with the world's earliest-known photograph from nature, made by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826. It includes some 35,000 major and representative photographs from the 19th and 20th c; a research library of some 3,600 books, journals, and published articles; about 250 autographed letters and manuscripts; and more than 200 pieces of early photographic equipment. Its encyclopedic scope—as well as the expertise and taste with which the Gernsheims built the collection—makes the Gernsheim Collection one of the world's premier resources for the study and appreciation of the development of photography. Published to coincide with a landmark exhibition staged by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, which owns the collection, this book presents masterpieces of the collection, along with lesser-known images of great historical significance. Arranged in chronological order, this selection effectively constitutes a visual history of photography from its beginnings to the mid-20th c. Each full-page image is accompanied by an extensive annotation in which Roy Flukinger describes the photograph's place in the evolution of photography and also within the Gernsheim Collection. Flukinger also provides an enlightening introduction in which he traces the Gernsheims' passionate careers as collectors and pioneering historians of photography, showing how their untiring efforts significantly contributed to the acceptance of photography as a fine art and as a field worthy of intellectual inquiry. Appreciations of the Gernsheim Collection by Alison Nordström and Mark Haworth-Booth confirm its singular importance as a collection of outstanding breadth and depth in the history of photography. NPT Books, a division of Trent Antiques, has a large collection of used and out of print books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 13.25 in (33.66 cm)Width: 10.25 in (26.04 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    2010
  • Condition:
    in original wrap removed for photography.
  • Seller Location:
    valatie, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: NPP-097-1st1stDibs: LU2605125629062

More From This Seller

View All
Sotheby's: The Garbisch Collection, Volume Three, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The Garbisch Collection, Volume Three. 1st Ed softcover auction catalog. The 588 item catalog includes color and black & white photographs and description of each item. Wi...
Category

Vintage 1980s American Books

Materials

Paper

Sotheby's: The Garbisch Collection, Volume Two, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The Garbisch Collection, Vol. 2, May 17, 1980, important French furniture, European porcelain Vertu, and rugs. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 588 lots of import...
Category

Vintage 1980s American Books

Materials

Paper

Sotheby's The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Gersh, October 18, 2006, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Gersh, October 18, 2006. 1st Ed softcover with 92 pages and 66 lots illustrated in color and all described i...
Category

Early 2000s American Books

Materials

Paper

Sotheby's: the Foster-Gwin Collection, October 24, 2008
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The Foster-Gwin Collection. October 24, 2008. 255 pp. 1st Ed Soft Cover auction catalog. Very Good. Mostly color plates throughout. With a heavy concentration on Italian a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Books

Materials

Paper

The Silverman Collection by Robert Brown, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
The Silverman Collection by Robert Brown. Published London: Richard Nagy Ltd, 2012. 176 pgs w/ 25 color plates and many other color & b&w illustrations. A beautiful collection of Ger...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Books

Materials

Paper

Parke-Bernet the Collection of Georges Lurcy, November 8 and 9, 1957
Located in valatie, NY
Auction catalog of the collection of Georges Lurcy, featuring French 18th century furniture, objects d'art, French modern paintings, drawings and prints. ...
Category

Vintage 1950s American Books

Materials

Paper

You May Also Like

The Guggenheim Collection by Anthony Calnek New York, 2006
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Guggenheim Collection by Anthony Calnek; Matthew Drutt; Lisa Dennison; Michael Govan. Guggenheim Museum Publications, New York, 2006. Hardcover exhibition catalogue, bound in wh...
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Books

Materials

Paper

Art Treasures of the World by Paul Hamlyn
Located in Bradenton, FL
Art Treasures of the World by Paul Hamlyn. Hardcover book with dustjacket, published in 1968 by Hamlyn Publishing Group of Middlesex, United Kingdom. Pri...
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Books

Materials

Paper

The Gentlemen's Clubs of London (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book takes a fascinating look into nearly 50 clubs in London and with more than 400 specially commissioned photographs shows a way of life that still plays a part in the daily l...
Category

Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Collection of Barry Friedman Ltd, 2004 Sotheby's Sale Catalogue (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Sotheby's catalogue produced in 2004. 146 pages with 212 lots, all described and illustrated in color; index of makers. Paperback. It is a very good copy however there a highlighter has been used on the text of one of the articles. A first-rate collection of Austrian, Swedish and French decorative arts and design, including superb examples of furniture & objects by Josef Hoffman and his contemporaries; important pieces of furniture by the masters of prewar Swedish design, including Carl Malmsten, Carl Bergsten, Gustav Bergstrom...
Category

20th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Christie's Review of the Season 1990
Located in Bradenton, FL
Christie's Review of the Season 1990. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Printed in the Netherlands, 500 pages.
Category

1990s Dutch Books

Materials

Paper

Geoffrey Bennison Master Decorator by Gillian Newberry and Sir John Richardson
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Geoffrey Bennison Master Decorator by Gillian Newberry and Sir John Richardson hardcover book.Extremely rare, limited edition, collectible out of print.The first monograph on the wor...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Victorian Books

Materials

Paper