Paris, GLM, (October 24) 1935.
1 vol. (185 x 245 mm), unpaginated. In sheets, in wrappers illustrated by Man Ray.
First edition.
Illustrated with 12 photographs by Man Ray, in photogravure.
One of 1,200 copies on vélin (no. 338).
Illustrated with 12 photographs by Man Ray, in photogravure.
One of 1,200 copies on vélin (no. 338).
The elegant, original layout of Facile, together with the beauty of Man Ray’s photographs — with their raking light, shadow effects and superimpositions — combine to make this a remarkable book: “Facile… is undoubtedly one of the most striking photographically illustrated books of the twentieth century… there is the beauty of Nusch, but also that of Man Ray’s photographs” (Antoine Coron).
Antoine Coron, G.L.M., Paris, 1981, no. 73 — Cat. exposition BnF, Des livres rares, Paris, 1998, no. 194 — Arthur Roth, The Book of 101 Books, New York, 2001, p. 86 — Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook I, London, New York, 2004, p. 104 — Antoine Coron, De Goya à Max Ernst. Livres de la bibliothèque R.M., Berver, 2018, no. 48.
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