Ad Petersen, A Curator's camera. Original print plus book
Amazing original b/w photo print by Ad Petersen, part of special edition No.I of the book published by Kempen Publishers, Eindhoven 1993. Titled: 4 x Topor, 30 x 40 cm, edition of 100 and I-V. This is No. 79/100 signed by the artists on a printed label on the black portfolio housing the print. The photo depicts artist Roland Topor, shot in 1975, printed by Petersen in 1993 for this special edition. In mint state.
+ The book: Ad Petersen, A curator's camera. Eindhoven, Kempen Pers, 1993. Also signed by the artist and numbered 79/100 on the first page. Hardcover, 28 x 22 cm, 96 pp. Text in English with photographic plates in b/w, depicting John Cage, Beuys, Ben, Broodthaers, Dibbets, Duchamp, E. v.d. Elsken, Filliou, M. Oppenheim, Rauschenberg, Raysse, Saint Phalle, Sandberg, Soto, Topor, Turrell, and others. Near mint.
*Ad Petersen (1931-2021) was curator at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam from 1960 tot 1990. During the course of his career he captured the artworld in his signature pictures.