Nudes by George Platt Lynes

George Platt Lynes (American, 1907-1955) :: Acrobatics, 1941. Photogravure. Stanford Auctioneers / nudes — **George Platt Lynes** (American, 1907-1955) :: Acrobatics, 1941. Photogravure. Stanford Auctioneers

George Platt Lynes (American, 1907-1955) :: Underwear, 1942. Stanford Auctioneers / nudes — **George Platt Lynes** (American, 1907-1955) :: Underwear, 1942. Stanford Auctioneers

George Platt Lynes (American, 1907-1955) :: Black and White, 1952. Photogravure. Stanford Auctioneers — **George Platt Lynes** (American, 1907-1955) :: Black and White, 1952. Photogravure. Stanford Auctioneers

Aranyfüst by Medgyes (1913)

Aranyfüst. Illustrations and book decoration by Ladislas Medgyes. Budapest, Ráth Mór, 1913. | src Jeschke van Vliet

One of the most beautiful Hungarian Art Nouveau books. It contains twenty short stories by Ladislas Medgyes, the Hungarian avant-garde graphic artist and stage designer. His first exhibitions were held in the gallery of the most important Hungarian avant-garde magazine “MA”, which also published his works in print. From the 1920s he lived in Paris, where he founded his school (École Medgyes pour la Technique du Théâtre) of stage design together with the Hungarian architect Erno Goldfinger. He worked as an interior designer all over Europe and in the USA. (quoted from Jeschke Van Vliet)

Angels (Angelots) ca 1900

Photographe anonyme. Angelots. France, vers 1900 Tirage aristotype. | Galerie Lumière des roses · Paris Photo 2022

In a Blue Moon, 1939 (Nell Dorr)

“It’s only once in a blue moon that days like these can happen but, when they do, they add a new dimension to the years that follow.” – Opening text of In a blue moon by Nell Dorr.

Nell Dorr - Nell Koons :: from "In a Blue Moon", published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in 1939. In a Blue Moon, a small hardcover made up of many of the same images from Mangroves (*) but printed in photogravure. — **Nell Dorr ~ Nell Koons ::** from “In a Blue Moon”, published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in 1939.

In a Blue Moon, a small hardcover made up of many of the same images from Mangroves (*) but printed in photogravure. Lettering by George A. DuBerg.
(*) Mangroves, a softbound portfolio of her photographs was self-published in a limited edition, under her first married name, Nell Koons. It comprises two of her poems and fifteen tipped-in halftones of flowers and nude girls and women, often perched in trees.

Nell Dorr - Nell Koons :: from "In a Blue Moon", published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in 1939. — **Nell Dorr ~ Nell Koons ::** from “In a Blue Moon”, published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in 1939.

Nell Dorr :: Florida Keys, 1928. # 9 From In a Blue Moon, published 1939. Amon Carter Museum — **Nell Dorr ~ Nell Koons ::** Florida Keys, 1928. # 9 From In a Blue Moon, published 1939. Amon Carter Museum

Nell Dorr :: The Secret Pool, 1928. # 18 also # 58, From In a Blue Moon, published 1939. Amon Carter Museum — **Nell Dorr ~ Nell Koons ::** The Secret Pool, 1928. # 18 also # 58, From In a Blue Moon, published 1939. Amon Carter Museum

In a blue moon combines dream-like images of nude women with close-up and abstracted images of flowers. The narrative of this photo-novella is the transition into adulthood. The effect of this book is that something that has so much potential to be lame – pictures of girls, pictures of flowers, girls and flowers and girls with flowers in their hair – actually comes across as being quite profound and unashamedly beautiful. Nell Dorr photographed with a Rollei camera only ever using available natural light. The simplicity of her approach did not necessarily mean simplicity in the results that she achieved. Her imagery is filled with amazing abstract constructions and her portraits have an almost primal quality. Her photographs are the autobiographical work of a strong and sensitive woman who created an internal place where beauty and truth could still flourish. [quoted from an article by Matthew Carson (Head Librarian & Archivist at the International Center of Photography) on Monsters & Madonnas]