Horne, Bernard Shea. Bernard Shea Horne.

A Catalog of Design Photographs, Platinum, Oil & Silver Prints, 1916-1924, Clarence H. White School, New York, N.Y.  by Bernard Shea Horne. Published by Keith Douglas de Lellis, 1986. 1st (and only) edition of 500 copies. From the estate of Tom Maloney, publisher of U.S. Camera, without evidence of his ownership. Wraps, 39 illustrations, including covers, fine. Not issued with ISBN number.  Summary:

Bernard Shea Horne: A Catalog of Design Photographs, Platinum, Oil & Silver Prints, 1916–1924 (1986) is a specialized monograph published by the Keith de Lellis Gallery in New York City to accompany an exhibition of the same name. Printed in a limited run of 500 copies by the Meriden-Stinehour Press, the 48-page publication features an introduction by prominent photography critic Vicki Goldberg.

The catalog serves as a vital historical revival of Bernard Shea Horne (1867–1933), a heavily dedicated Pictorialist who studied and subsequently taught technique at the influential Clarence H. White School of Photography in New York. The volume reproduces Horne's rare, meticulously crafted prints—including premium platinum, bromoil oil, and gelatin silver formats—focusing on his avant-garde, abstract design exercises from the late 1910s and early 1920s. Heavily inspired by his close friendship with painter Max Weber and the principles of modernist design, Horne's compiled work showcases a distinct transition from traditional soft-focus pictorialism into crisp, geometric, and formalist abstractions that anticipated early American modernism.

Bernard Shea Horne (1867–1933) was an American Pictorialist photographer and educator whose work bridged the gap between late-nineteenth-century romanticism and early-twentieth-century modernism. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who initially pursued corporate interests, Horne later dedicated himself to the photographic arts, enrolling in the Clarence H. White School of Photography in New York City. He quickly distinguished himself through his mastery of complex, painterly printing processes—such as platinum and bromoil—and his deep fascination with the intersection of photography and fine art principles. Closely collaborating with painter Max Weber, Horne became a passionate advocate for treating the photograph as a vehicle for pure, abstract graphic composition, eventually teaching these foundational design methodologies to a new generation of photographers at the White School.