MODERN BEAUTY: THE CZECH PHOTOGRAPHIC AVANT-GARDE, 1918–1948 - Lot 29

MODERN BEAUTY: THE CZECH PHOTOGRAPHIC AVANT-GARDE, 1918–1948 BIRGUS (Vladimir) & BONHOMME (Pierre), eds. Modern Beauty: The Czech Photographic Avant-Garde, 1918–1948. Prague: Kant, 1998. Quarto, paperback, black-and-white photographic cover, 40 pp., numerous photographic reproductions. French edition. Catalog of the exhibition presented in Barcelona, Paris (Hôtel de Sully), Lausanne, and Prague in 1998–1999. IMPORTANT CATALOGUE DEDICATED TO THE CZECH PHOTOGRAPHIC AVANT-GARDE OF THE INTERWAR PERIOD. A particularly interesting collection of works by František Drtikol, Jaromír Funke, Josef Sudek, Karel Teige, Jaroslav Rössler, Jindřich Štyrský, Miroslav Hák, Emilia Medková, and others. Photomontages, surrealist experiments, Nouvelle Vision, and modernist photography. Condition: generally good; slight wear on the cover, interior clean. Original handwritten price of “20 €” on the title page.