Herb Quick's Christmas Portfolio, 1970

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Riverside, CA, Yellowstone Press, 1970

60

10 vintage silver prints, each 3 x4 " on 5 x 7" sheets of paper. With an exterior printed paper folder with portfolio title on the front & photographer’s name & address on the rear of folder.  An interior printed title page with portfolio subtitle, photographer's name, and publishing information.  Titles of the 10 photographs printed on rear page  of folder; a colophon page signed & numbered [25/60 of which only 10 are for sale] with an inscription, ‘For Chris - See what age and a weak back does. Herb’ in ink on the colophon page, upper left.  The photographs are unsigned & unmounted.

After serving in World War II, Herb Quick (1925-2006) received his formal training in photography at the Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles. In 1964 he became a staff photographer and lecturer at the University of California, Riverside, introducing large format photography into the curriculum. Not only did his career in photographic education flourish, so did his artistic career. Quick was showcased in many one-man and group exhibitions in galleries and museums, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House; the Norton Simon Museum; and the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City, among others. He is best known for his depiction of growth and development of California, especially the city of Riverside.