First Latino Photobook?
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Publication: Madison, WI: Iguana Press, 1978. First Edition.
Notes: One of 12 copies of this fine press book, with nine original mounted photographs of urban details taken during a trip to France. The artist taught at the University of Wisconsin for thirty-one years, including as the director of the Chican@/Latin@ Studies program.
This is one of the first fine press books (printed letterpress) and one of the first if not the first photobook by a Latino artist.
It may be the first book of the press. There are no copies in OCLC.
Edition + Condition: The edges are somewhat foxed and the jacket has worn along the bottom edge.
Item No: #363878
Price: $600
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