Ten Thousand Things
Beverley Hills Gagosian Gallery 2016
75pp, extensive colour photographs with one gate folded pullout. Long quarto. Decorated boards, white lettered cloth spine. Very good copy. The catalogue for the artist's exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery, his first show in Los Angeles. The introduction by Joan Simon is an overview of de Waal's career and the influences on his work including the poetry of Celan, the music of John Cage and the history of his own family recounted in 'The Hare with Amber Eyes'.