Charles Blossfeldt - La Plante - 1929
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La Plante by Charles Blossfeldt, first illustrated French edition (1929) with 120 heliogravure plates, 15 pages plus 120 plates, large 31.5 × 25 cm green cloth binding in very good condition.
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BLOSSFELDT (Charles)
La Plante.
Paris, at Librairie Des Arts Decoratifs, [1929].
1 volume grand in-4 (31.5 x 25 cm), green cloth binding with a gilt title, xv pages + 120 plates (complete). Dust jacket in deficit, black stain at the upper right of the front board (6 cm), upper free endpaper creased. Very good overall condition with a very fresh interior.
First French edition illustrated with 120 photographs printed by heliogravure.
The original German edition appeared in 1928 under the title Urformen der Kunst.
Charles Blossfeldt (1865-1932) began taking photographs of plants in 1890 when he was a student in Italy. In 1928, these photographs were gathered in the book "Urformen der Kunst" which immediately received enthusiastic acclaim. This Blossfeldt masterpiece emphasizes the relationship between nature and art, and has become one of the most influential books in the history of photography. The forms and abstract structures of nature that he revealed impressed his contemporaries. This book was not originally intended as a work of conceptual art but as an educational nature book.
Truffé d'une photographie.
Rare and beautiful copy.
BLOSSFELDT (Charles)
La Plante.
Paris, at Librairie Des Arts Decoratifs, [1929].
1 volume grand in-4 (31.5 x 25 cm), green cloth binding with a gilt title, xv pages + 120 plates (complete). Dust jacket in deficit, black stain at the upper right of the front board (6 cm), upper free endpaper creased. Very good overall condition with a very fresh interior.
First French edition illustrated with 120 photographs printed by heliogravure.
The original German edition appeared in 1928 under the title Urformen der Kunst.
Charles Blossfeldt (1865-1932) began taking photographs of plants in 1890 when he was a student in Italy. In 1928, these photographs were gathered in the book "Urformen der Kunst" which immediately received enthusiastic acclaim. This Blossfeldt masterpiece emphasizes the relationship between nature and art, and has become one of the most influential books in the history of photography. The forms and abstract structures of nature that he revealed impressed his contemporaries. This book was not originally intended as a work of conceptual art but as an educational nature book.
Truffé d'une photographie.
Rare and beautiful copy.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Art, Botany, Illustrated, Nature, Photography
Book title
La Plante
Author/ Illustrator
Charles Blossfeldt
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1929
Height
31.5 cm
Edition
1st Edition, Illustrated Edition
Width
25 cm
Language
French
Original language
No
Number of pages
15
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