Photograph Collection of the National Museum of Modern Art, - Lot 68

Photograph Collection of the National Museum of Modern Art, 1905–1948. Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, National Museum of Modern Art, 1992. Large quarto, publisher’s hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. An important catalog published to coincide with the presentation of the National Museum of Modern Art’s photography collection, covering the formative period of modern photography from 1905 to 1948. Edited by Annick Lionel-Marie under the direction of Alain Sayag, it is one of the first major reference works devoted to the Center Pompidou’s photographic collections. The volume brings together several hundred photographs and detailed entries devoted to the leading figures of modern photography: Berenice Abbott, Eugène Atget, Brassaï, Walker Evans, Florence Henri, André Kertész, László Moholy-Nagy, Man Ray, August Sander, Edward Weston, Paul Strand, František Drtikol, Tina Modotti, as well as numerous other European and American photographers. Each work is accompanied by a historical, technical, and bibliographic entry, making this volume a particularly sought-after reference tool for historians and photography collectors. Condition: very good copy; hardcover and interior are in fresh condition; comes with an illustrated dust jacket in excellent condition.