Marvin E. Newman.

Photographs by Marvin E. Newman.

TASCHEN, Köln, Germany, 2017. English, 236 pp., color and black-and-white illustrations, 12x17¼".

In 1952, after becoming one of the first-ever recipients of a Master of Science degree in Photography at Chicago’s Institute of Design, native New Yorker Marvin E. Newman returned to his hometown. Like many artists before, he set about chronicling the city. Unlike his predecessors, Newman chose color photography as the preeminent medium for capturing the people, landmarks, chaos, energy, and unique experience of 20th-century New York, and its emergence as the self-proclaimed “Greatest City in the World.”

Lauded by the likes of Eastman House, MoMA, and the International Center of Photography, Newman’s images remained, up until now, largely undiscovered beyond a prestigious collector and gallery circle. After featuring Newman in New York: Portrait of a City, TASCHEN now presents the artist’s first career monograph in an edition of some 170 pictures from the late 1940s through to the early 1980s.

The volume includes vivid tableaux across New York, as well as top shots from his sports photography portfolio for the likes of Life, Look, and Sports Illustrated, and images from the Midwest; Chicago; a vintage 1950s circus; a legalized brothel in Reno, Nevada; Las Vegas; Alaska; and the West Coast. From Times Square to Wall Street, Newman’s vivid, original tableaux offer fresh perspectives on familiar New York landmarks but, above all, a unique sense for life in the city and for the drama, extremities, and complexities that weld New York to so many hearts. Beyond New York, Newman applies the same flawless technique and humanist sensibility to other locations across the United States, providing memorable images that leave their mark on the eye and the soul.

At 89 years old, Newman, who is represented by the prestigious Howard Greenberg Gallery, is long overdue a monograph. With a new essay by critic and scholar Lyle Rexer, this first chronological retrospective offers due recognition to an outstanding talent and a tribute to New York in all its thrilling, chaotic, and stately glory.

PLEASE NOTE: We will have signed copies of Marvin E. Newman available for purchase at Booth #97 at The Photography Show Presented by AIPAD in New York. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, Marvin E. Newman has had to cancel his scheduled appearance on Saturday, April 7th.

Trade Edition of 700 numbered and signed copies. Leather bound and housed in a custom slipcase. (edition numbers 301–1,000)

Limited Edition of 300 copies. Includes one of four 18”x12” signed and numbered archival pigment prints, each in an edition of 75.

Limited Edition A: Coney Island (1953) Editions #1-75

Limited Edition B: Broadway, Believe It (1958) Editions #76-150

Limited Edition C: Broadway (1954) Editions #151-225

Limited Edition D: 42nd Street (1983) Editions #226-300

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