Lucien Clergue; Roland Barthes - Langage des sables - 1980
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Langage des sables by Lucien Clergue and Roland Barthes, first edition published in 1980, 112 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, French language, 30.5 cm square, interior in very good condition and the jacket with signs of wear including a circa 3 cm tear repaired with tape.
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"The Language of Sands" is a photographic series and the title of Lucien Clergue's photography doctoral thesis presented in 1979 (1934–2014).
1980 - First edition - AGEP - 112 pages - Hardcover (mid-lin) with dust jacket - French - 30.5 cm x 30.5 cm
The interior of the book is in very good condition.
The dust jacket shows several signs of wear, including a tear of about 3 cm (repaired with inside adhesive tape), as clearly shown in the attached photos.
What Roland Barthes says about Clergue's "Les sables" (The Sands)
"…The sands are no longer a vast and uneventful expanse, without accident, but they are a thousand other things: Clergue remakes other sands."
Clergue celebrates sand, silt, salt, the play of water among minerals, the play of the sun on a virgin nature barely emerged from the hands of the Creator.
Elaborated from shapes and abstract, ephemeral drawings left on the sand, this work will appeal to scholars through its structure.
Roland Barthes sits on the jury while Lucien Clergue presents only photographs with no text. He will recognize in the series entitled "Language of Sands" an assemblage that makes sense as much as one could with words. He gives it a metaphysical dimension: “Clergue changes the level of perception of the beaches. With a little sand, he creates a giant relief, he abolishes the barrier of names: a blade of grass becomes a tree, a trail of grains a whole chain of mountains. In this way he defies perceptual and nominal bias, disassembles and reassembles identities, names, which is the very function of living knowledge…"
Born in Arles in 1934, Lucien Clergue is, in himself, a monument of photography in France. A photographer in love with Arles and the Camargue, passionate about bullfighting. Best known for his nude work, his career truly began in 1957 when Seghers Editions published his first album of nude photographs, Memorably Bodies, with a cover by his friend Picasso, poems by Éluard and an opening poem by Cocteau, thereby placing him in the world of art and photography. Introduced to the United States by Edward Steichen, exhibited from New York to Tokyo and teaching around the world, he founded and directed until 1995 "Les Rencontres d'Arles".
The book will be carefully packed and shipped with a tracking system.
Seller's Story
Almost thirty years ago I started collecting comics and "Para BD" (silkscreens, postcards, original drawings, etc.), initially somewhat more general, later especially focused on Jean-Pierre Gibrat and François Bourgeon (of whom I own a large collection).
Lately my attention is turning more and more toward art and photography books.
In 2024 I decided to sell part of this collection, and these are the items you can find here on Catawiki.
I have always taken great care of all the items in my collection, and I continue to do so when shipping my sold items, so that you as a buyer can be satisfied with your purchase.
Don't hesitate if you have questions for me; I always try to respond quickly.
Good auction!
Translated by Google Translate"The Language of Sands" is a photographic series and the title of Lucien Clergue's photography doctoral thesis presented in 1979 (1934–2014).
1980 - First edition - AGEP - 112 pages - Hardcover (mid-lin) with dust jacket - French - 30.5 cm x 30.5 cm
The interior of the book is in very good condition.
The dust jacket shows several signs of wear, including a tear of about 3 cm (repaired with inside adhesive tape), as clearly shown in the attached photos.
What Roland Barthes says about Clergue's "Les sables" (The Sands)
"…The sands are no longer a vast and uneventful expanse, without accident, but they are a thousand other things: Clergue remakes other sands."
Clergue celebrates sand, silt, salt, the play of water among minerals, the play of the sun on a virgin nature barely emerged from the hands of the Creator.
Elaborated from shapes and abstract, ephemeral drawings left on the sand, this work will appeal to scholars through its structure.
Roland Barthes sits on the jury while Lucien Clergue presents only photographs with no text. He will recognize in the series entitled "Language of Sands" an assemblage that makes sense as much as one could with words. He gives it a metaphysical dimension: “Clergue changes the level of perception of the beaches. With a little sand, he creates a giant relief, he abolishes the barrier of names: a blade of grass becomes a tree, a trail of grains a whole chain of mountains. In this way he defies perceptual and nominal bias, disassembles and reassembles identities, names, which is the very function of living knowledge…"
Born in Arles in 1934, Lucien Clergue is, in himself, a monument of photography in France. A photographer in love with Arles and the Camargue, passionate about bullfighting. Best known for his nude work, his career truly began in 1957 when Seghers Editions published his first album of nude photographs, Memorably Bodies, with a cover by his friend Picasso, poems by Éluard and an opening poem by Cocteau, thereby placing him in the world of art and photography. Introduced to the United States by Edward Steichen, exhibited from New York to Tokyo and teaching around the world, he founded and directed until 1995 "Les Rencontres d'Arles".
The book will be carefully packed and shipped with a tracking system.
Seller's Story
Almost thirty years ago I started collecting comics and "Para BD" (silkscreens, postcards, original drawings, etc.), initially somewhat more general, later especially focused on Jean-Pierre Gibrat and François Bourgeon (of whom I own a large collection).
Lately my attention is turning more and more toward art and photography books.
In 2024 I decided to sell part of this collection, and these are the items you can find here on Catawiki.
I have always taken great care of all the items in my collection, and I continue to do so when shipping my sold items, so that you as a buyer can be satisfied with your purchase.
Don't hesitate if you have questions for me; I always try to respond quickly.
Good auction!
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Number of books
1
Subject
Photography
Book title
Langage des sables
Author/ Illustrator
Lucien Clergue; Roland Barthes
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1980
Height
30.5 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
30.5 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
ACEP
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Extras
Dust jacket
Number of pages
112
