Curves Contrasts Human Figure Park Gregory 1936 1st Ed Photogravure HC w/ DJ

by Bertram Park & Yvonne Gregory

$149 · Offered by eBay

First edition

Curves Contrasts Human Figure Park Gregory 1936 1st Ed Photogravure HC w/ DJ Acceptable vintage condition. Pages are clean with no markings noticed. Binding intact, but with some spine lean. Some wear/age on cover, corners and edges. Extensive wear to dust jacket with some water damage. Please review all photos. Curves & Contrasts of the Human Figure by Bertram Park and Yvonne Gregory. Introduction by Bernard Adams, R.P., R.O.I., N.S. Published by Bridgman Publishers, Pelham, New York, 1936. True First Edition hardcover with dust jacket (printed in Great Britain by The Vandyck Printers Ltd., Bristol & London). A landmark 1930s photobook of classical and modernist female form figure studies by renowned British photographers Bertram Park and Yvonne Gregory. Park, a founder of the London Salon of Photography, combined pictorialist lighting with clean Art Deco form to capture 80 full-page sheet-fed photogravures exploring line, balance, curve, and shadow of the female form. This copy is notably complete with the original, unattached double-page centerfold photogravure pullout plate present and laid in as issued by the publisher for studio display, an element missing from most surviving copies. An essential primary source for figurative artists, life drawing students, and collectors of vintage 20th-century fine art photography. Free shipping, packed with care!

• Publisher: Bridgman Publishers (Pelham, New York)
• Year: 1936
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair

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