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Article: Paperbacks; Art books of all sizes to stuff in your favorite bibliophile's stocking There's plenty here to satisfy the choosy, from Pablo Picasso to photographer Bristol.(ENTERTAINMENT)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- December 1, 1996
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From pocket size to coffee-table size, a number of recent art and photography books will satisfy both the novice and the expert. So, if you have a hard-to-buy-for person left on your Christmas gift list, get a pencil ready.
Horace Bristol: An American View (Chronicle Books, $30 paper, $60 cloth) brings to light the work of an almost-forgotten master. Bristol was part of a 1930s San Francisco circle that included Ansel Adams, Edward Weston and Dorothea Lange, and worked at Life as one of its first staff photographers with Margaret Bourke-White and Alfred Eisenstadt. He also was one of five photographers under the direction of Edward Steichen who documented World ...