Wave Hill PIctured: Celebration of a Garden by Jean E. Feinberg with an essay by Peter H. Sauer.

Abrams, 1991. First edition in hard cover, green cloth, fine with VG+ protected dust jacket with a few light indentations.  108 illustrations including 80 black-and-white and color plates of the formerly private garden, 28 acres, now owned by the City of New York in Riverdale along the Hudson, by four prominent photographers: Lois Conner, Jan Groover, Stephen A. Scheer, and Philip Trager.  168 pages. Note: photos of book covers taken with dust jacket protector on, causing reflections. Summary:

Wave Hill Pictured: Celebration of a Garden (1991) is an elegant visual tribute to one of New York City’s most storied public landscapes. Published to coincide with the 25th anniversary of Wave Hill’s status as a public garden, the book features the work of eight contemporary photographers commissioned to capture the 28-acre estate in the Bronx throughout the changing seasons.

Core Themes and Content

• The "Portrait" of a Place: Much like Japan: A Self-Portrait, this book uses a collective lens to define an identity. The photographers—including Lois Conner, Jan Groover, Phiiip Trager, and Stephen A Scheer—were given the freedom to interpret the gardens, greenhouses, and Hudson River views through their unique stylistic filters.

• Horticulture as High Art: The book moves beyond standard garden photography. It treats the landscape not just as a collection of plants, but as a series of sculptural spaces, light-filled rooms, and historical layers.

• The Human-Nature Dialogue: Through Peter H. Sauer’s essay, the book explores the history of Wave Hill from its origins as a private 19th-century estate (once home to Mark Twain and Theodore Roosevelt) to its evolution into a center for environmental ethics and urban aesthetics.