Bonjour Monsieur Le Corbusier Tapa dura - 1988

Zurich: Hans Grieshader 1988. Large Square 4to. 111 pp., illustrated throughout. Still shrinkwrapped. FRENCH TEXT, but with a 20 pp. booklet that provides an English and German translation. Robert Doisneau was employed as an in-house photographer by Renault, a job he willingly quit to work free-lance. He was the photographer of the Résistance, documenting both the occupation and the liberation of Paris. His commissioned works for the Racho Agency put his name on the map, but it was his images of Paris streets and street life that made him world-famous. Doisneau repeatedly portrayed prominent personalities of his time (an example is the mesmerizing portrait of Pablo Picasso with fingers made of cake dough), but only the best-informed experts and most loyal followers were aware of the series of portraits of Le Corbusier made in the early 1950s. In 1988 a small extract of this series was published in a then-groundbreaking edition, that presented Doisneau's images in a luxurious yet still… Leer más

Zurich : Grieshaber, 1998. First Edition. Hardback. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, in a plain card slipcase. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 111 pages; Physical description: 111p., [18]p. : illus. (some col.), facsims., plans, ports. ; 34 x 34cm. Subjects: Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 -- Anecdotes. Language: French. Notes: Includes a large format booklet that provides text translation in German and English. Summary: Robert Doisneau was employed as an in-house photographer by Renault, a job he willingly quit to work free-lance. He was the photographer of the Résistance, documenting both the occupation and the liberation of Paris. His commissioned works for the Racho Agency put his name on the map, but it was his images of Paris streets and street life that made him world-famous. Doisneau repeatedly portrayed prominent personalities… Leer más