Burckhardt, Rudy. Rudy Burckhardt by Phillip Lopate and Vincent Katz.

Abrams, 2004.  1st edition, 1st printing, fine with good protected dust jacket that has a stain along top edge of back cover, otherwise near fine.  A large monograph that provides a retrospective of Burkhardt's work, including photographs of New York, Venice, artists, and nudes.

Rudy Burckhardt (April 6, 1914 – August 1, 1999) was a Swiss-American filmmaker and photographer, known for his photographs of the hand-painted billboards that began to dominate the American landscape in the nineteen-forties and fifties.  Burckhardt, who emigrated to New York in 1935, became a member of the Photo League in 1947. (Wikipedia).