Louise Hervieu - Vingt Nus - 1945

A fascinating original edition illustrated with 20 nude plates printed on vellum paper from this singular work where the art of drawing meets a profound reflection on the human condition through the representation of the nude body -

Autograph inscription by Louise Hervieu at the bottom of the first plate -

Consisting of a series of twenty studies of human figures accompanied by comments, notes, or a literary sensibility peculiar to the author, the book far surpasses a mere artistic collection to become a meditation on life, suffering, beauty, aging and the fragility of existence -

Louise Hervieu observes the body without academic idealization or pursuit of conventional perfection, preferring to show beings in their physical and moral truth, with their strengths, weaknesses, marks of time and their singularities -

Each nude thus constitutes less an aesthetic exercise than an inner portrait where attitudes, gazes, movements and postures reveal states of mind, lived experiences and deep psychological realities -

Louise Hervieu - Twenty Nudes - SD (Circa 1945) - Librairie de France -
20 beautiful nude plates printed on vellum

Good binding condition, the work in loose-leaf sheets under the publisher's portfolio with flaps, light signs of wear, smooth, unlettered spine –

Good interior condition, slight browning, original edition adorned with 20 nude plates printed on vellum, inscription by Louise Hervieu at the bottom of the first plate, a pleasant copy -

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