CLERGUE, Lucien. Le Taureau. Poem by René Char, illustrated with photographs by Lucien Clergue. Loose as issued in the original wrappers and slipcase. Montpellier: Lucien Clergue, 2000.



A handsomely produced, photographically illustrated livre d'artiste. Char's poem is reproduced in facsimile, and then printed in fragments, each one accompanied by a photograph, and then separately at the end. Clergue has contributed a colour photograph of Rene Char, and 5 black and white photographs of bullfights. This is number 9 of an edition of 30 copies, with all the photographs signed by Clergue, who also signed the colophon.

CLERGUE, Lucien. Le Test des Vignes. 12 loose leaves, each with a 1"x 1" black and white photograph, set in folder in cloth slipcase [3" x 6"]. Privately printed, 2000.

A delightful little book which features twelve photographs of flooded vines in the Camargue taken in 1960. The title-page, colophon, and wrappers are written out by hand by Clergue, who also signed the rear cover. One of an edition of 500 copies.

CLERGUE, Lucien. Langage des Sables. Text by Roland Barthes followed by approximately 50 black and white illustrations, plus 1 black and white photograph signed, loose. 4to, bound in publisher's cloth in slipcase. Marseille: Editions Agep, 1980.



A marvelously evocative book in which Clergue's photographs of sand, shapes made by sand, with sand and on sand achieve a similar erotic quality to that which had previously been achieved by his celebrated photographs of nudes. One of an edition of 290 copies containing a loose original signed photograph.

CLERGUE, Lucien. Saint- John Perse. Poete devant la Mer. Temoinage et Photographies de Lucien Clergue. Illustrated with photographs by Lucien Clergue. Folio, bound in original wrappers in a cloth slipcase. Biarritz: J & D Editions, 1996.

$675.00

A handsome tribute to the poet Saint-John Perse which contains texts by various scholars and poets accompanied by an introduction by Clergue together with his photographs. One of an edition of 50 copies containing an original photograph of Perse, signed by Clergue, who also signed the colophon. There were 450 regular copies.

CLERGUE, Lucien. Les Saltimbanques. Illustrated text and 11 full-page photographs by Lucien Clergue, plus 1 matted photograph set in clamshell case within cloth slipcase. Marseille: Editions AGEP, 1980.

$ 750.00



A wonderfully evocative collection of photographs by Clergue recalling the early twentieth century when travelling performers were part of the way of life. One of an edition of 100 copies containing a photograph signed by Clergue, who also signed the colophon.

CLERGUE, LUCIEN. Jean Cocteau and the Testament of Orpheus: the Photographs. Essay by David LeHardy Sweet; 144 pp., over 100 b&w photographs. 8vo, cloth. New York, Viking Studio, 2001.
A photographic journal of Cocteau's final film, addressing the myth itself, Cocteau's cinematic style, and Surrealism.