Hy Hirsh / Color Photographs (Paul M. Hertzmann, 2008): front cover featuring red, blue and yellow oscillographic loops from a color abstraction.

01 / 02Front cover of Hy Hirsh / Color Photographs, published by Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc., San Francisco.

Exhibition catalogue

Hy Hirsh / Color Photographs

2008

This 2008 catalogue was instrumental in recovering Hy Hirsh's largely forgotten circa-1950 color abstractions including his pioneering oscilloscope-generated imagery. The vintage works it documents materially establish Hirsh's experiments at the very beginning of electronic abstract image-making and preserve the principal scholarly record of this little-known body of work.

Author / editor: Paul M. Hertzmann
Publisher: Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc.
San Francisco
Pages: 28
Language: English

Key elements included in the catalogue:

Scholarly Essay: An introductory text by art historian Dennis Reed ("Hy Hirsh: Experiments in Filmmaking and Photography") exploring Hirsh’s shift from Group f64 "straight" photography to avant-garde visual music, experimental cinema, and electronic abstraction.
Plates & Inventory: Color reproductions of 21 rare, untitled vintage abstract chromogenic prints (ca. 1950, printed by Hirsh using the Ansco Printon process) using oscilloscopes.
Price List & Conditions of Sale: A formal inventory list of the individual original prints from Hirsh's estate which have found their way into museum holdings and private collections.
Chronology & Filmography: A timeline of Hirsh’s life, key film screenings, awards, and bibliography.

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Hersh Color Photographs Catalog, Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc., 2008

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