Ergy Landau - Formes - 1950





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SUPER BEAUTIFUL MAGAZINE from 1950 (!) -
throughout with photos by Ergy Landau (1896-1967), well-known Hungarian-French humanist photographer.
SUPER SCARCE SECOND ISSUE of "Le Magazine des Artistes Peintres et Sculpteurs" (“The Magazine of Painters and Sculptors”).
BRILLIANT NUDE PHOTOGRAPHY.
BREATH-TAKING PHOTOGRAVURE PRINTING.
"Ergy or Erzsy Landau was born in Budapest, Landau worked in Franz Xaver Setzer's Vienna studio and then in Rudolf Dührkoop's studio in Berlin. She had photographed the German writer Thomas Mann and her painter/photographer friend, László Moholy-Nagy, whom she introduced to the medium. In May 1922 she emigrated to Paris, where she established herself as a portrait photographer. Landau brought the first Rolleiflex to France. Nora Dumas joined Landau's studio in 1929, and Ylla in 1932.
Landau met Charles Rado in 1933. Rado founded the photo press agency Rapho with Landau, Ylla, Brassaï, and Nora Dumas, but was forced to close the agency during World War II. Landau had met Raymond Grosset [fr] on holiday in 1930, and introduced him to the other Hungarian photographers in Paris. After World War II Landau encouraged Grosset to restart Rapho.
Landau died in Paris."
(Wikipedia)
VERY FRESH CONDITION - COLLECTOR'S COPY.
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Art et Photographie, Paris. 1950. First edition, first printing.
Softcover with photo-illustrated covers. 180 x 270 mm. 12 pages. 16 photos in black and white. Photos: Ergy Landau. Text in French.
Condition:
Inside and outside very fresh with no previous owner marks and with no foxing. Light trace of use only; no remarkable flaws or defects. Overall very fine condition.
Wonderful, very scarce magazine with photos by Ergy Landau - in excellent photogravure printing.
The French art review "Formes. Le Magazine des Artistes Peintres et Sculpteurs", was published between 1930 and 1932 (at least up to issue no. 27 in 1932), comprised several issues, with volumes grouping together individual fascicles, such as volume 2 containing issues 5 to 10. It was a high-quality monthly journal covering contemporary and classical art.
Seller's Story
SUPER BEAUTIFUL MAGAZINE from 1950 (!) -
throughout with photos by Ergy Landau (1896-1967), well-known Hungarian-French humanist photographer.
SUPER SCARCE SECOND ISSUE of "Le Magazine des Artistes Peintres et Sculpteurs" (“The Magazine of Painters and Sculptors”).
BRILLIANT NUDE PHOTOGRAPHY.
BREATH-TAKING PHOTOGRAVURE PRINTING.
"Ergy or Erzsy Landau was born in Budapest, Landau worked in Franz Xaver Setzer's Vienna studio and then in Rudolf Dührkoop's studio in Berlin. She had photographed the German writer Thomas Mann and her painter/photographer friend, László Moholy-Nagy, whom she introduced to the medium. In May 1922 she emigrated to Paris, where she established herself as a portrait photographer. Landau brought the first Rolleiflex to France. Nora Dumas joined Landau's studio in 1929, and Ylla in 1932.
Landau met Charles Rado in 1933. Rado founded the photo press agency Rapho with Landau, Ylla, Brassaï, and Nora Dumas, but was forced to close the agency during World War II. Landau had met Raymond Grosset [fr] on holiday in 1930, and introduced him to the other Hungarian photographers in Paris. After World War II Landau encouraged Grosset to restart Rapho.
Landau died in Paris."
(Wikipedia)
VERY FRESH CONDITION - COLLECTOR'S COPY.
ENJOY THE FIRST EROTIC PHOTOBOOK AUCTION by 5Uhr30.com (Ecki Heuser, Cologne, Germany).
5Uhr30.com guarantees detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% protection, 100% insurance and combined shipping worldwide.
Art et Photographie, Paris. 1950. First edition, first printing.
Softcover with photo-illustrated covers. 180 x 270 mm. 12 pages. 16 photos in black and white. Photos: Ergy Landau. Text in French.
Condition:
Inside and outside very fresh with no previous owner marks and with no foxing. Light trace of use only; no remarkable flaws or defects. Overall very fine condition.
Wonderful, very scarce magazine with photos by Ergy Landau - in excellent photogravure printing.
The French art review "Formes. Le Magazine des Artistes Peintres et Sculpteurs", was published between 1930 and 1932 (at least up to issue no. 27 in 1932), comprised several issues, with volumes grouping together individual fascicles, such as volume 2 containing issues 5 to 10. It was a high-quality monthly journal covering contemporary and classical art.
Seller's Story
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