Facile.
MAN RAY. Facile. With poetry by Paul Eluard. Illustrated with photographs by Man Ray. 8vo., 245 x 182 mm, bound in original printed wrappers in a new grey slipcase, with black morocco backed chemise. Paris: Edition G.L.M., 1935.
A pristine copy one of Man Ray and Eluard's most successful collaborations, rarely found thus. Facile is illustrated with Man Ray's sensuous nude photographs of Eluard's wife, Nusch. The "solarized" photographs have been creatively interwoven into the text, both printed on thick velin paper.
"A prolific creator of dadist and surrealist imagery, Man Ray was equally comfortable as a painter-sculptor or as a photographer. Facile is one of the most beautiful surrealist publications containing photography" (Johnson p. 184).
Roth, The Book of 101 Books, Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century, 86-87. A Century of Artists Books 183. Johnson, Artist's Books in the Modern Era, 1870-2000, No. 108. Andel, Avant Garde Page Design 433.
Item nr. 170451
Price:
$8,500.00