Lot 219: ALEXEY BRODOVITCH

ALEXEY BRODOVITCH

Ballet. New York: J.J. Augustin, 1945.

Oblong quarto (215 x 280mm). 104 black and white photographs. Original drab boards with cloth spine, original grey and white French-fold dust jacket pasted down at spine, as issued (small chips and short tears at spine ends and corners, some light fading and soiling). Provenance: Calignani booksellers, Paris (small contemporary label).

FIRST EDITION. 'A LEGENDARY PHOTOBOOK,' and 'certainly one of the most cinematic and dynamic photobooks ever published' (The Photobook). It is a radical work, both in layout and technique, which pointed out a new way in which photographers could work. 1 of 500 copies, the entire edition. A very good copy of a fragile book. 101 Books, pp.110-13; The Open Book, pp.136-37; The Photobook, pp.240-41; Regards à travers le livre 85.

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