Le Nu Dans La Photographie 1840-1986: A La Decouverte Du Corps A L'Ere De La Technique, 1987, SC, VG.

Köhler, Michael. Schaffhausen: Edition Stemmle, 1987.

French Language, Very Good, SC, 4to, 11" x 8 3/4", [6] 192 pp.

ISBN: 3723103618

Beige pictorial perfect bound softcover, featuring Horst P. Horst's 1940 photograph "Odalisque" to front, white and black lettering to front panel and spine, minor peeling of plastic layer to top tips, head, and back bottom front tip, otherwise, clean, crisp, tightly bound, and unmarked throughout. [6] 192 pp., replete with black-and-white and full-color photographs. Includes a foreword, a list of lenders, and 18 chapters sectioned chronologically from 1940 to 1986 with chapters covering daguerreotypes, ethnologie imperiale, reportage, publicite, pornographie, performances, and more. Published on the occasion of the traveling exhibition of the same name starting in Munich in 1985. Beautifully produced collection of nude photography that displays the progression of technological advances and photographic styles.