Paris Vu par Andre Kertesz de Kertesz, Andre; Pierre Mac-Orlan - 1934

Paris: Librairie Plon, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. very good- to very good.. Octavo. Unpaginated (24 leaves each). Bound in half vellum over gilt-marbled boards with gilt lettering and ruling on red leather label of spine; retaining original, photo-illustrated stiff wraps. Red top edge. Tan endpapers. Both issues profusely illustrated with striking b/w photographs, reproduced in heliogravure and both issues with legends of the photographs at rear. Kertesz' Paris: Original wraps (11 3/8 x 8 1/2"). Frontispiece. Photo-illustrated title page. 'The Kertesz images of Paris reveal clandestine or public dramas and bring this mass of stones, cement and iron to life. The are dominated by the anxieties of the past and, at the same time, foreshadow the advent of the new millennium.' (Mac-Orlan). The famous work is an evocative photographic survey of Paris in black and white by renowned Hungarian photographer Andre Kertesz. The book assembles a collection of photographic reproductions after original b/w… Leer más