{"product_id":"maso-gozu-new-york-just-open-it-1990-first-ed-signed","title":"Masao Gozu New York Just Open It! 1990 First Edition Signed","description":"\u003cp\u003e[PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhotographer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Masao Gozu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eNew York: Just Open It!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Advertise Communication Co., Ltd., Tokyo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear Published:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover with original clear plastic cover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 147 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 36.1 × 25.7 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese and English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTexts:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kohtaro Iizawa and Ivan C. Karp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProducer \/ Art Director:\u003c\/strong\u003e Showa Okamura\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinting:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tosho Printing Co., Ltd., Japan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4-90052-02-0\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInclusions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original clear plastic cover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned:\u003c\/strong\u003e Inscribed and signed by Masao Gozu, dated April 2006\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[OVERVIEW]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMasao Gozu arrived in New York in 1970.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe began photographing the city’s inhabitants through the windows of tenement buildings, treating each opening as both a frame and a stage. Faces emerge behind curtains, animals wait beside their owners, and strangers pause at the boundary between private rooms and the street. The distance is physical. The intimacy is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1990, \u003cem\u003eNew York: Just Open It!\u003c\/em\u003e brings together Gozu’s principal black-and-white photographic series: \u003cem\u003eWindows\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHarry’s Bar\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e264\u003c\/em\u003e. The photographs span changing neighborhoods and decades, yet return to the same architectural threshold. A window can reveal a life without explaining it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book includes essays by photography historian Kohtaro Iizawa and Ivan C. Karp, presented in Japanese and English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[IMPORTANT NOTE FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: EASY AI TRANSLATION]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book contains both Japanese and English text. Japanese passages can also be read using smartphone translation tools such as Google Lens, ChatGPT or Google Translate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[WHY THIS VOLUME IS A PRIZED COLLECTOR'S ITEM]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom November 5, 2026 through March 15, 2027, MoMA PS1 will present \u003cem\u003eMasao Gozu: Windows and Bars\u003c\/em\u003e, the first United States museum exhibition devoted to Gozu’s singular photographic practice. The exhibition focuses on photographs made from the 1970s to the present, including key works from the \u003cem\u003eWindows\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHarry’s Bar\u003c\/em\u003e series that form the core of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York: Just Open It!\u003c\/em\u003e is not a later survey assembled after the fact. It was published in 1990, while Gozu was still developing the project, and preserves the work in the scale and sequence of its own period. This copy is also inscribed and signed by the artist, with the date April 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe door was never the subject. The window was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[CONDITION]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGood vintage condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Clear Plastic Cover:\u003c\/strong\u003e The protective plastic cover shows age-related wear, including loss at the head of the spine, cracking at the foot of the spine, small splits and tears along the edges, and general surface wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinted Cover:\u003c\/strong\u003e The head of the spine has a visible tear and wear. Additional light rubbing and shelf wear are present along the edges and corners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Firm and secure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e Clean overall, with no conspicuous writing, tears or missing pages visible in the listing photographs, apart from the artist’s signed inscription.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Boldly signed and dated “Apr. 2006” on the front endpaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease examine all listing photographs carefully, particularly the third image, for the condition of the spine head and original plastic cover.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"shady2grove","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65967744844125,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/5888\/5981\/files\/IMG_9668.jpg?v=1789889028","url":"https:\/\/shady2grove.com\/products\/maso-gozu-new-york-just-open-it-1990-first-ed-signed","provider":"shady2grove","version":"1.0","type":"link"}