Isbn: 9780979091605 - Michael Somoroff: Illumination I at the Rothko Chapel (7 results)

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Limited edition. Copy #139/450. Inscribed by Michael Somoroff on limitation page.

Softcover, 118 pages, as new condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra for this book.

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition stated 2008, first printing November 2008. Published by Stativ Ltd. Inc. Large softcover in French wraps without DJ as issued. Condition new, square and tight book, no edgewear, spine not creased, corners not bumped, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. Oblong 4to, 117 pages, illustrated throughout.…

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. 118 pages. Paperback. Texts in English. [SIGNED AND LIMITED] Signed on the half-title page, and numbered 115/450. Mild shelfwear to the edges, with a little nick to the upper right edge of the front cover. Else, the binding is tight, the spine uncreased, and there are no other internal markings. Bound in stiff printed paper French fold covers, and published on the occasion of the installation of a site specific sculpture on the grounds of the Rothko Chapel from November 2006-February 2007. Oblong format, beautiful illustrations. Signed by the Artist. Book.…

Softcover. Signed/Inscribed. Oblong, black, illustrated wraps with color image and French flaps. 115 pp. with color photographs throughout. A Rothko Chapel Book. In 2006, the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas, invited Michael Somoroff to place his majestic sculptural installation, Illumination I on the campus grounds. It was the first such invitation ever made by the Chapel, and the only addition to it since Barnet Newman's Broken Obelisk was placed there some 30 years prior. This book tells the story of this groundbreaking installation, from its conceptualization through its unveiling--in formal and documentary photographs, diagrams and studies. The art historian and author of Mark Rothko's catalogue raisonné, David Anfam, contributes a text, as do Rothko's son, Christopher Rothko, and the artist. Michael Somoroff was born in New York City in 1957. He works in photography, installation, filmmaking, writing and a variety of new media technologies. His work is in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New Yor; The Houston Museum of Fine Arts; and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. NF; signed/inscribed on title page by Michael Somoroff.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. unmarked, light shelfwear-NICE Oversized.

Paperback. Condition: As New. In 2006, the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas, invited Michael Somoroff to place his majestic sculptural installation, Illumination I on the campus grounds. It was the first such invitation ever made by the Chapel, and the only addition to it since Barnet Newman's Broken Obelisk was placed there some 30 years prior. This book tells the story of this groundbreaking installation, from its conceptualization through its unveiling--in formal and documentary photographs, diagrams and studies. The art historian and author of Mark Rothko's catalogue raisonne, David Anfam, contributes a text, as do Rothko's son, Christopher Rothko, and the artist.Michael Somoroff was born in New York City in 1957. He works in photography, installation, filmmaking, writing and a variety of new media technologies. His work is in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Houston Museum of Fine Arts and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.…