Each 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches overall
With photographically-illustrated covers and prints mounted recto/verso.
Both signed to interior back cover, one dated.
$ 4,500.00
Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Lloyd Ullberg, Unique Pair of Presentation Albums, c. 1970
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Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Lloyd Ullberg, Unique Pair of Presentation Albums, c. 1970
Pair of spiral-bound presentation albums represent the later work of the modernist-turned western photographer, Lloyd Ullberg. Primarily taken in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the albums showcase Ullberg’s recurring,...
Pair of spiral-bound presentation albums represent the later work of the modernist-turned western photographer, Lloyd Ullberg. Primarily taken in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the albums showcase Ullberg’s recurring, thematic interests; Towns of the West that had fallen into ruin; dramatic landscapes and nature studies, including scenes of Death Valley and Bristlecone Pines; the changing landscape of San Francisco, with compositional juxtapositions of old and new; and still-life studies of common objects ,which harken back to the Modernist sensibilities of his early career. The unique albums are thoughtfully arranged, inviting comparisons between images on facing pages, such as one spread which offers a delicate floral study alongside the intricate latticework on a front porch.
Lloyd Ullberg, born in Minneapolis, was an accomplished photographer, best known for his photographs of forgotten ghost towns in Nevada, California forests, and modernist compositions of urban streets. An accomplished oboist who studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Ullberg taught himself photography by spending long afternoons at the New York Public Library. His work appeared in the pages of Fortune, Vogue, and the Saturday Evening Post, and he was a staff photographer for the California Academy of Sciences.