Album du Premier Salon International du Nu Photographique Paris 1933.
Paris, Daniel Masclet, 1933
Daniel Masclet was a talented musician before following a career as a photographer and writer. In 1933, he organised the first 'Salon International du Nu Photographique' in Paris. This catalogue, issued to coincide with the exhibition, features female nudes selected by Masclet to fulfil both technical and artistic criteria. The contributors include Frantisek Drtikol, Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy, Laure Albin-Guillot, Yva, George Platt Lynes and other leading photographers of the time.
First edition; 4to (314 x 238 mm, 12¼ x 9¼ in); black-and-white photographs printed in gravure by Braun & Cie, foreword by Daniel Masclet; printed cream wrappers bound with burgundy thread, title in black on upper side, two small spots to upper side at spine otherwise fine; [vi], 96, [4]pp.
Paris: Les Livre de photographie pp133-5.
First edition; 4to (314 x 238 mm, 12¼ x 9¼ in); black-and-white photographs printed in gravure by Braun & Cie, foreword by Daniel Masclet; printed cream wrappers bound with burgundy thread, title in black on upper side, two small spots to upper side at spine otherwise fine; [vi], 96, [4]pp.
Paris: Les Livre de photographie pp133-5.
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