Hurrell Hollywood. George Hurrell. Hardcover with dust jacket. St. Martin's Press. First edition 1992. 140 pages. 14" x 10.5". ISBN 0312082207.
Excellent condition. The binding is tight. The pages are clean, no markings, no creasing or tears. The boards are clean, no wear. The dust jacket is clean with very minimal wear.
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"In these 140 full-and double-page duotone reproductions, chosen especially by Hurrell himself before his death, our greatest cinematic idols return to shimmering, vibrant life.".
Perusing this coffee-table volume is as close as most of us will get to flipping through a stack of George Hurrell's own prints. There is virtually no text, just a brief chronology of the photographer's life and career. But before reaching that, you will see examples from 62 years of his work represented in 140 12-1/4 by 9-5/8-inch duotone plates, many of them shots that created the world's image of Hollywood in the 30's and 40's. The book proceeds chronologically, so that toward the end are post-WWII shots revealing that not even Hurrell could evoke glamour without the right subjects and environment. And the last plate in the book is a Dutch angle of the master himself, still shooting but obviously nearer the end than the beginning. Technically, the book is well printed, with the duotone process enhancing the large dark areas Hurrell loved to create.