DENNIS STOCK (1928 2010) James Dean A Memorial Portfolio

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DENNIS STOCK (1928-2010)
James Dean: A Memorial Portfolio. With 10 (of 10) photographs. Silver prints, 8 1/2x12 inches (21.6x30.5 cm.), and the reverse, each with Stock's initials and edition notation 3/125, in pencil, and his copyright hand stamp, on print verso, and with his signature and edition notation, in pencil, on the overmat. Large folio, leatherette; the colophon also with the edition notation; contents clean, bright, and loose as issued. number 3 of 125 copies. Penguin Books and The Viking Press, 1955; printed 1978

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From the Douglas Kenyon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; to a Private Collector, circa 1980.

Dean was killed in a car crash in 1955, the year Magnum photographer Dennis Stock met the actor and produced a story about him for LIFE magazine. The portfolio was issued as a tribute to Dean. Despite the large edition size, apparently fewer than 20 copies were actually sold.

A printed sheet lists a number of Dean's quotes including: "There is a level somewhere where everything is solid and important. I'm going to reach up there and find a place I know is pretty close to perfect."