Photo Book Works

Charles Hobson
San Francisco, CA

Three Kisses

Romance, Kiss, Fantasy. Postcards, translucent envelopes, various papers and postcard photographs by Robert Doisneau. Each envelope contains a photograph and a fictional story by Charles Hobson about the persons in the photographs. A pastel monotype by Charles Hobson is reproduced as a digital pigment print with hand coloring. The book is bound as an accordion and has a corrugated board slipcase.

Photographs, hand colored digital print. 5.5 x 4 x .75 inches. 2004. Edition of 90.

$275

To purchase, please contact Laura at 23 Sandy Gallery.

Artist Biography

Charles Hobson is an artist who has worked with artist’s books for more than twenty-five years. Usually following literary or historical themes, his books have covered topics as diverse as famous couples who met in Paris (Parisian Encounters) and Leonardo’s lessons on how to draw the human figure (Leonardo Knows Baseball). He is a member of the faculty at the San Francisco Art Institute and his works are held by the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum and the National Gallery, among others. His archive has recently been acquired by Stanford University.