Claude Cahun Aveux non Avenus
About Face: The David and Gail Mixer Collection of Photographs
Claude Cahun
1894 - 1954
Aveux non Avenus
(Paris: Éditions du Carrefour, 1930, an edition of 500), 4to, illustrated with 10 heliogravures of collages by Cahun and Marcel Moore (Suzanne Malherbe), stamped with number '407' of 370 copies printed on velin pur fil Lafuma, one text vignette on the table of contents leaf at the end; in publisher's original limp wrappers with original glassine
overall: 8¾ by 6¾ in. (22.2 by 17.1 cm.)
Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.
This book is in generally excellent condition. The spine is somewhat sunned. There are scattered rust-colored deposits, possibly foxing, on some of the pages. Some pages are somewhat age-darkened, primarily at the edges.
Provenance:
Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in 2000 by the present owner
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About Face: The David and Gail Mixer Collection of Photographs
Claude Cahun
1894 - 1954
Aveux non Avenus
(Paris: Éditions du Carrefour, 1930, an edition of 500), 4to, illustrated with 10 heliogravures of collages by Cahun and Marcel Moore (Suzanne Malherbe), stamped with number '407' of 370 copies printed on velin pur fil Lafuma, one text vignette on the table of contents leaf at the end; in publisher's original limp wrappers with original glassine
overall: 8¾ by 6¾ in. (22.2 by 17.1 cm.)
Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.
This book is in generally excellent condition. The spine is somewhat sunned. There are scattered rust-colored deposits, possibly foxing, on some of the pages. Some pages are somewhat age-darkened, primarily at the edges.
Provenance:
Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in 2000 by the present owner
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