Formes nues · Pierre Boucher

Pierre Boucher :: From ‘Formes nues’, album de nus féminins, p. 6, 1935. | src Arenberg Auctions
Pierre Boucher :: From ‘Formes nues’, album de nus féminins, p. 6, 1935. | src Arenberg Auctions
Pierre Boucher :: From ‘Formes nues’, album de nus féminins, p. 9, 1935. | src Arenberg Auctions
Pierre Boucher :: From ‘Formes nues’, album de nus féminins, p. 9, 1935. | src Arenberg Auctions
Pierre Boucher :: From ‘Formes nues’, album de nus féminins, p. 8, 1935. | src Arenberg Auctions
Pierre Boucher :: From ‘Formes nues’, album de nus féminins, p. 8, 1935. | src Arenberg Auctions
Pierre Boucher :: From ‘Formes nues’, album de nus féminins, pp. 8-9, 1935. | src Arenberg Auctions
Pierre Boucher :: From ‘Formes nues’, album de nus féminins, pp. 8-9, 1935. | src Arenberg Auctions
Pierre Boucher :: From ‘Formes nues’, album de nus féminins, pp. 6-7, 1935. | src Arenberg Auctions
Pierre Boucher :: From ‘Formes nues’, album de nus féminins, pp. 6-7, 1935. | src Musée Français de la Photographie

Formes Nues. Paris, Éditions d’Arts Graphiques et Photographiques, 1935. Spiral binding by Reliure Spirale Brevetée, photographic cover designed by Man Ray.

Limited first edition With 96 photographic reproductions (photogravures) by Laure Albin Guillot, Brassaï, Raoul Hausmann, André Kertesz, Herbert List, Kefer, Dora Maar, Georges Platt-Lynes, Man Ray, etc. “Amongst the numerous artistic manifestations of modern times, photography in all its applications arouses an ever growing interest among the general public. The photographers are guided in their works by various and even adverse conceptions. We have approached the most representative amongst them, who were kind enough to accept our invitation of expressing their unbiassed opinion on the matter, our only object being the coordination of the aggregate of subjects” (introduction). Text in French, English and German.

Pierre Boucher :: From ‘Formes nues’, album de nus féminins, p. 6, 1935. | src Arenberg Auctions
Pierre Boucher :: From ‘Formes nues’, album de nus féminins, p. 6, 1935. | src Arenberg Auctions

Brassaï, from Formes nues, 1935

Brassaï (1899-1984) ~ From ‘Formes nues’, album de nus féminins, pp. 12-13 (Forme, Editions d´Art Graphique et Photographique) Paris, 1935 | src Musée Français de la Photographie
Brassaï (1899-1984) ~ From ‘Formes nues’, album de nus féminins, p. 12 (1935) | src Stockholms Auktionsverk
Brassaï (1899-1984) ~ From ‘Formes nues’, album de nus féminins, p. 13 (1935) | src Stockholms Auktionsverk

Nude seen from behind, ca. 1920

Heinrich Kühn :: Nude in sunlight seen from behind, ca. 1920. Bromoil transfer print on tissue. | src Christie’s

The Beautiful Line, 1929

Atelier d’Ora Benda :: Die schöne Linie. | The Beautiful Line. Published in Revue des Monats, June 1929. | src Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Leipzig

Bather, 1924

Alexander Grinberg :: Купальщица | Bather, 1924. Gelatin silver pint, sepia toned. | src livejournal
Alexander Grinberg :: Купальщица | Bather, 1924. Gelatin silver pint, sepia toned. | src Russian photographic Avant-Garde of the 1920s and 1930s

Nude by Waléry, 1923

Lucien Waléry :: From ‘Portfolio de 100 Photogravures’ (plate LXXXV) published in 1923 by the Librairie des Arts Décoratifs.