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The catalogue for a thematic exhibition on the connection between the practice of photography and prayer or meditation, presenting photographs that "demonstrate an intense awareness of transcendental experience," curated and with text by Minor White and held at Hayden Gallery, MIT, Cambridge, MA, October 27 - November, 26, 1972, with images by Eugene Richards, Larry Sultan, Milton Rogovin, Jerry Uelsmann, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Charles Gatewood, and others. First edition, first printing. Perfect-bound stiff card covers; 91 pages; b&w illustrations throughout; 8.25 x 9.75 inches. List of photographers; index. Also issued as Aperture 17:1. Condition: Very Good minus paperback with light shelf wear/soiling to the covers and light blunting to the tips; interior clean and bright. Will be sandwiched securely between stiff layers of cardboard and shipped the next business day. Seller Inventory # 28154
Title: Octave of Prayer: An Exhibition on a Theme
Publisher: Aperture, Millerton, NY
Publication Date: 1972
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Seller Inventory # ABE-1576863926359
Seller: Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts, Toronto, ON, Canada
Softcover. First Edition. pp. 91. Small 4to., measuring 25 cm. Pictorial covers. Colour frontispiece accompanied with many black-and-white photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Light rubbing to the covers, contents without blemis with bright, clean, and unmarked leaves; very good. Octave of Prayer is an exhibition presented by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from October 27 through November 26, 1972. It is published as Aperture, Volume 17, Number 1, as a catalogue for the exhibition, and as a book for general distribution. Seller Inventory # 5902