Now and Then: The Cabinet Card Paintings of Alex Gross

Now and Then: The Cabinet Card Paintings of Alex Gross by Gross, Alex. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781584234876.

The Cabinet Card Paintings of Alex Gross. Now and Then is the complete compendium of acclaimed artist Alex Grosss mixed media paintings layered on top of antique 19th century cabinet card photographs from portrait studios all around the country. Released in conjunction with Grosss Spring 2012 show at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York, this gorgeous book reinterprets traditional studio portraiture, translating each image beautifully from the original mediums of daguerreotype and tintype into a completely new image and reimagining the working class faces of the nineteenth century as everything from superheroes to