LA PHOTOGRAPHIE N'EST PAS L'ART

  • some fading
  • Paris/New York: GLM Editions Guy. Lévis. Mano, 1937
By MAN RAY (EMMANUEL RADNITZKY) (1890-1976)
Paris, GLM Editions G[uy]. L[évis]. M[ano]., 1937. First Edition. Octavo. Twelve halftone plates and five sheets of text. Unbound as issued, on yellow coated stock, laid into blue wrappers and an outer black wrapper with a cutout window (often missing or damaged). Cutout area displays some slight fading.

Described by Parr as "Duchampian ready-mades." (Parr / Badger, v.1, 108-109. Ref: Fotografía Pública: Photography in Print 1919-1939 pp. 167; Parr & Badger, Le Livre de photographies une histoire: Tome 1 pp. 109; M.+ M. Auer, 802 Photo Books from the collection pp. 242. Near Fine in wrappers with very slight fading in the square title. A fine copy. Housed in a custom made clamshell box in blue cloth.
Please excuse photo of front cover. Colors are not true with an I-phone.

Details

Title

LA PHOTOGRAPHIE N'EST PAS L'ART

Author

MAN RAY (EMMANUEL RADNITZKY) (1890-1976)

Binding

some fading

Condition

Fine

Publisher

GLM Editions Guy. Lévis. Mano: Paris/New York

Date

1937

Edition

1st


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