Magnum Founders: In Celebration of 60 Years

Bon a Tirer presentation copy of Magnum Founders printed platinum prints.

• Magnum Founders: In Celebration of 60 Years
• London: Verso Editions, 2007.
• 16 original hand-printed platinum prints (twelve bound prints, four free-standing).
• Limited to 75 copies worldwide.
• BAT (Bon a Tirer) presentation copy to Stan Klimek.
• The book has been signed by the 55 current Magnum Photographers.
• Each print is estate stamped and designated as the BAT with the Henri Cartier-Bresson signed in full on the recto by Martine Franck.
• Images printed in platinum by Stan Klimek on Fabriano Artistico, a traditional 100% cotton watercolor paper.
• Text in Walbaum and Helvetica Neue by the Press & Letterfoundry of Michael & Winifred Bixler.
• Printed on 100% cotton Hahnemühle Photo Rag by Michael Russem at Kat Ran Press.
• Hand-bound in quarter-leather by Mark Tomlinson featuring distinctive red Japanese crepe endsheets, red leather endbands and a unique cover construction of black and red laminated paper boards.
• Encased in an English buckram clamshell and presented in a walnut box designed by Skolkin + Chickey.
• A Letter of Provenance from Stan Klimek is included with this edition.

Prints include:

Robert Capa, Picasso and Françoise Gilot, 1948. Estate stamped on the verso.

George Rodger, Masai Moran Ceremony, Kenya 1979. Estate stamped on verso.

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alicante, Spain, 1932. Signed and designated BAT on recto by Glen Serbin, publisher of Verso Limited Editions.

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Kashmir, 1948. Signed and designated BAT on recto by Glen Serbin, publisher of Verso Limited Editions.