Flights of Fancy
Jacques-Henri Lartigue (Photographer) New York: The American Federation of Arts, 1989. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Pamphlet/Booklet. The format is approximately 5.5 inches by 7.5 inches. Unpaginated (16 pages, plus front and back flimsies, and covers. Illustrated front cover. Illustrations. Notes. Chronology. This pamphlet was produced in association the the Exhibition Flights of Fancy: Photographs by Jacques-Henri Lartigue, 1904-1922 organized by the Association of the Friends of Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Paris, with the assistance of the French Minister of Culture and was circulated by the American Federation of Arts. Jacques Henri Lartigue (13 June 1894 – 12 September 1986) was a French photographer and painter, known for his photographs of automobile races, planes and female Parisian fashion models. Lartigue started taking photographs when he was seven. Many of his initial, famous photographs were originally captured in stereo, for example seen in Hidden Depths but he also produced a vast number of images in all formats and media including glass plates in various sizes, autochromes, and film. He developed his own photographs from a young age. Lartigue's work is held in the permanent collections of many institutions worldwide, including the Harvard Art Museums, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the George Eastman Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Princeton University Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography. The American Federation of Arts (AFA) is a nonprofit organization that creates art exhibitions for presentation in museums around the world, publishes exhibition catalogues, and develops education programs. The organization’s founding in 1909 was endorsed by Theodore Roosevelt and spearheaded by Secretary of State Elihu Root and eminent art patrons and artists of the day. The AFA’s mission is to enrich the public’s experience and understanding of the visual arts, and this is accomplished through its exhibitions, catalogues, and public programs. To date, the AFA has organized or circulated approximately 3,000 exhibitions that have been viewed by more than 10 million people in museums in every state, as well as in Canada, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. The AFA’s history includes a series of programs designed to facilitate greater access and appreciation of the visual arts, among them, the first nationally broadcast radio programs about art (1930s–1940s); the Picture of the Month Program (1954), offering original paintings at low rental fees to small art and educational organizations; the Museum Donor Program (1960s), distributing allowances to regional museums to purchase contemporary American art; The Art of Seeing (1965), a landmark series of educational films on visual perception; The Curriculum in Visual Education (1966), a collection of films and instructional materials designed to heighten the aesthetic awareness of children. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Photography, Aviation, Flight, Aviators, Pilots, Glider, Voisin, Santos-Dumont, Wilbur Wright, Louis Bleriot, Hot Air Balloon, Dirigible, Hydroairplane, Lucien Coupet, Nettel
[Book #85691]
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