Allen, Sydney (Sadakichi Hartmann) - Composition in Portraiture

New York, Edward L. Wilson, 1909. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Bound in brown cloth with olive and green titles/illustration. 116 pages, 4 ads pp. 36 unnumbered leaves of plates, 136 bw repros. Although intended as a guide for photographers, the author has utilized primarilly reproductions of paintings in making his points. Introduction by William M. Chase. There are numerous diagrams to accompany the repros. Chapter headings include The Placing of The Head; The Profile View; The Full-Face and Three-Quarter View; The Management of Hands; Standing Positions; Sitting Positions; On Background; On The Arrangement of Groups; On Tone and Values; On Light Effects. Scarce. VG. Light shelfwear. Toning to spine. Light bumping to head/tail of spine and corners. Interior has some very slight foxing, else clean and unmarked.

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