Nus. La Beauté de la femme. Album du premier salon international du nu photog...
Nus. La Beauté de la femme is a key album of modernist nude photography between the wars. Assembled by Daniel Masclet for the first international salon of photographic nudes, it gathers 96 plates in which the female body is treated as form, rhythm, light, and sculptural presence. The inclusion of Man Ray, Jaromír Funke, and Károly Rózsa places the volume at the heart of the international avant-garde of the 1930s. Photography is presented here not merely as document or erotic image, but as a laboratory of composition, shadow, fragmentation, and the modern gaze. The Japanese-style binding and restrained presentation give the book the quality of an elegant artist’s portfolio. For the bibliophile, it is a rare and eloquent witness to the moment when photography claimed its place beside painting and printmaking.
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Masclet, Daniel
Man Ray
Funke, Jaromír
Rózsa, Károly
Nus. La Beauté de la femme. Album du premier salon international du nu photographique
1933 | Paris | Éditions Daniel Masclet
A rare and important document of modernist photography, in which the nude is reinvented as form, experiment, and international visual language. The combination of 96 plates, avant-garde names, and refined Japanese-style binding makes this copy especially desirable. The book belongs to the core bibliography of the photographic nude between the wars.
Nus. La Beauté de la femme is a key album of modernist nude photography between the wars. Assembled by Daniel Masclet for the first international salon of photographic nudes, it gathers 96 plates in which the female body is treated as form, rhythm, light, and sculptural presence. The inclusion of Man Ray, Jaromír Funke, and Károly Rózsa places the volume at the heart of the international avant-garde of the 1930s. Photography is presented here not merely as document or erotic image, but as a laboratory of composition, shadow, fragmentation, and the modern gaze. The Japanese-style binding and restrained presentation give the book the quality of an elegant artist’s portfolio. For the bibliophile, it is a rare and eloquent witness to the moment when photography claimed its place beside painting and printmaking.
€900
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In-4 (Quarto) approx. 25 × 32 cm
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First edition with 96 photographic plates, Japanese-style binding with a red cord.
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The album documents the first international salon devoted to the photographic nude, held in Paris in 1933. It consists of 96 photographic plates in which various artists present the female body through poses, close-ups, light studies, and formal compositions. The emphasis is not narrative, but comparative and visual: body, skin, contour, shadow, and movement are examined through the camera. Photographers such as Man Ray, Jaromír Funke, and Károly Rózsa approach the subject through distinct aesthetics, ranging from surrealist experiment to rigorous modernist construction. The volume shows how the nude in the 1930s was detached from academic convention and reimagined through photography. Its atmosphere is sensual, experimental, and unmistakably modern.
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