DOISNEAU (Robert). - Lot 86

DOISNEAU (Robert). Robert Doisneau. Paris, Contrejour, [circa 1980]. Large quarto, publisher’s unbleached cloth binding, title printed on the front cover, dust jacket missing. An important monograph dedicated to Robert Doisneau, published by Contrejour, which played a major role in the rediscovery and dissemination of his photographic work beginning in the late 1970s. The book brings together a wide selection of photographs spanning the photographer’s entire career: working-class Paris, the suburbs, children, workers, markets, bistros, lovers, and the outskirts, as well as numerous portraits and street scenes that have become emblematic of French humanist photography. Without following a strictly chronological order, this edition emphasizes a sensitive interpretation of Doisneau’s work, in which humor, tenderness, the poetry of everyday life, and a constant focus on ordinary people intertwine. Printed on beautiful coated paper and illustrated with full-page reproductions of excellent quality, this volume ranks among the finest publications dedicated to Doisneau. It is now highly sought after both for the quality of its imagery and for its elegant full-cloth binding. Condition: Very good copy. Cloth binding slightly marked; no dust jacket, as originally published or preserved.