a black and white photo of a woman with a violin tattoo on her backa book with the words nus written on itblack and white photograph of a woman brushing her teeth with a toothbrusha close up of a book with a black and white coverblack and white photograph of two naked women standing next to each otheran open book with a white cover sitting on top of a tablean old black and white photo of a naked woman sitting on a ledgean old black and white photo of a naked woman standing in front of a curtainblack and white photograph of a naked woman posing for a picturea sign on the wall of a building that says it is a museum
KÂ- MONDO / KAPANDJI MORHANGE

209 - [PHOTOGRAPHY]. Nudes: The Beauty of Women.
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Estimate €180 - €300
Description
[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Nudes: The Beauty of Women. Album from the first international nude exhibition... Paris, Daniel Masclet, 1933. In-4 (31.5 x 23.5 cm), publisher’s binding, Japanese-style sewn with a red silk cord, with the title embossed in large black letters on the front cover. 96 pp. First edition of this album published as part of the first International Exhibition of Nude Photography in Paris in 1933. A series of 96 black-and-white photographs reproduced by heliogravure by the leading nude photographers of the time: Christian Aegerter, Laure Albin-Quillot, Baccarini, Maurice Beck, Nickolas Boris, Pierre Boucher, L. Caillaud, J. Capstack, Keith Dannatt, Frank Davis, Drtikol, J. Dudley-Johnston, Evansmith, Franz Feiler, Andreas Feininger, Franz Fiedler, Gilchrist, Alfred Grabner, Walden Hammond, Forman Hanna, Ludwig Harren, Ewald Hoinkis, E.-O. Hoppé; Charles Hurault, Ergy Landau, Bernard Leedham, Carlo Leonetti, Manassé, Daniel Masclet, Jan de Meyere, Marcel Meys, Moholy-Nagy, Jean Moral, William Mortensen, Harold Orne, Bertram Park, Pecsi, Fred P. Peel, George Platt Lynes, H. Perckhammer, Man Ray, Richardson-Cremer, Hans Robertson, Denes Ronay, Pietro Sacchi, Bruno Schultz, K. Schuwerack, Walter Sussmann, Kalman Szollosy, Verneuil, Peter Weller, Yva, Willy Zielke, Alois Zych. A superb album of artistic nudes, in perfect condition.
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Auction time 11/02/2026 at 2:00 PM
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