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Dave Heath1931-2016'Chicago'
gelatin silver print, signed in ink in the margin, titled, dated, and annotated 'From the master printing for ADWS' in pencil on the reverse, 1956, printed no later than 1962image: 6 ¾ by 8 ¾ in. (17.1 by 22.2 cm.)Condition reportPlease note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.
This print is in generally excellent condition. Under very close examination in raking light, there is a tiny deposit of original retouching in the center and a faint handling crease in the lower center that may break the emulsion.
On the reverse, the following are written in pencil, possibly in the photographer's hand: 'ex' and '31.1.'
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ProvenanceThe photographerThe Collected Image, Evanston, Illinois, as agent, to the present owner, 1997LiteratureDave Heath, Chicago (Self-published maquette, 1956), p. 30'A Dialogue with Solitude by Dave Heath ' Infinity: American Society of Magazine Photographers, vol. XI, no. 4, April 1962, p. 6Dave Heath, A Dialogue with Solitude (Culpeper, Virginia, 1965), unpaginatedKeith F. Davis, Multitude, Solitude: The Photographs of Dave Heath (New Haven, 2015), pl. 58Catalogue note"Mother whose heart hung humble as a buttonOn the bright splendid shroud of your son,Do not weep,War is kind." —Stephen Crane
This photograph is one of a group of images from which Heath selected the contents of his seminal 1965 volume, A Dialogue with Solitude. Heath began work on A Dialogue with Solitude in 1961 and would continue reworking its contents and sequencing over the next four years. The images depict a society dealing with postwar tension and societal unease, themes that continue to resonate more than five decades later.
Prints of any of Heath's photographs are scarce. A Dialogue with Solitude quickly went out-of-print and remains highly sought-after by photobook collectors. A modern edition was re-issued in 2000 by Lumiere Press.