Alec Soth - Gathered Leaves - 2015

Alec Soth drew the attention of the art world with his first book, Sleeping by the Mississippi, which appeared in 2004 from Steidl. His participation in the Whitney Biennial of 2004 gave Soth his first major museum survey – ‘From Here to There’ – at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis; a conceptually layered catalog with the same title (Hatje Cantz, 2010). Soth is also a publisher and uses his imprint, Little Brown Mushroom, to produce small editions of highly personal books and magazines. His own book, Broken Manual (published by Steidl in 2011), was named ‘Best Book’ at the Kassel Photobook Festival in 2011. This is a 2015 edition, Gathered Leaves. Gathered Leaves is a catalog of Alec Soth. The collection contains miniature versions of Soth’s four books—three of which are no longer available—and 29 large postcards. The whole is packaged in a box with a lid and embossed printing. Box size 23 x 23 cm, first edition 2015. Mack.Box consists of: Booklet Broken Manual Steidl 2010 152p. 10.7 x 8.7 cm. Booklet Sleeping by the Mississippi, Steidl 2004 128p. 11 x 11.4 cm. Booklet Niagara Steidl 2006 112p. 13 x 11 cm. Booklet Soundbook Mack 2014 152p. 11 x 11.5 cm. 29 postcards with an essay by Aaron Schuman & an introduction by Kate Bush. The set is in mint condition.