On the specific contribution of Iceland and Icelandic society to history of imperfection: photos from Iceland 1930-1945: .

"Published to accompany the 2009 exhibition at Galleri Ágúst in Reykjavík, this book collects 230 photographs originally organized by socialist Sigurður Guttormsson between 1925 and 1945. Guttormsson, who worked as a bank clerk, amassed these photographs depicting crudely built vernacular house...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Örn, Unnar
Other Authors: Guttormsson, Sigurður
Format: Still Image
Language:Icelandic
English
Published: Unnar Örn 2009
Subjects:
Artists' books
Dwellings > Iceland > Pictorial works
Reykjavík
Iceland
Online Access:https://digitalcollections.saic.edu/islandora/object/islandora%3Ajfabc_6081
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Summary:"Published to accompany the 2009 exhibition at Galleri Ágúst in Reykjavík, this book collects 230 photographs originally organized by socialist Sigurður Guttormsson between 1925 and 1945. Guttormsson, who worked as a bank clerk, amassed these photographs depicting crudely built vernacular houses to prove the existence of class difference in Iceland, a nation that often boasts of its lack of class system."--From Printed Matter web site. Text in Icelandic and English.

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