Description
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.
Condition Report
Revive
Fair
Good

Very Good
Like New
No obvious signs of wear.
Dimensions
Height: 14 inches / 35.56 cm
Width: 17 inches / 43.18 cm
Subject
Photographs, Art, History, Illustrated, Fine bindings