BELLEVILLE-MENILMONTANT by Willy Ronis
Ronis, Willy
B. Arthaud, Paris, 1954
Hardbound with illustrated boards. First edition, first printing; 4to; text in French, numerous photogravure plates, minor age-toning; publisher's printed boards, slightly toned, with the original pictorial dustjacket and yellow wrap around band, slight edge-wear, else very good.
A contemporary of Cartier Bresson, Ronis was important in documenting social life during the 1940s and 50s, especially the working people of Paris.
In this scarce volume, Pierre Mac Orlan offers his paean to the authenticity of these working class neighborhoods of Belleville-Menilmontant. Ronis discovered the area through Daniel Pipart, a painter and friend of his wife, who kept a studio there. He visited and photographed regularly from 1947-1950, with the aim of one day making a book from the images. An exceptional copy, rare.
Ronis, Willy
B. Arthaud, Paris, 1954
Hardbound with illustrated boards. First edition, first printing; 4to; text in French, numerous photogravure plates, minor age-toning; publisher's printed boards, slightly toned, with the original pictorial dustjacket and yellow wrap around band, slight edge-wear, else very good.
A contemporary of Cartier Bresson, Ronis was important in documenting social life during the 1940s and 50s, especially the working people of Paris.
In this scarce volume, Pierre Mac Orlan offers his paean to the authenticity of these working class neighborhoods of Belleville-Menilmontant. Ronis discovered the area through Daniel Pipart, a painter and friend of his wife, who kept a studio there. He visited and photographed regularly from 1947-1950, with the aim of one day making a book from the images. An exceptional copy, rare.
Ronis, Willy
B. Arthaud, Paris, 1954
Hardbound with illustrated boards. First edition, first printing; 4to; text in French, numerous photogravure plates, minor age-toning; publisher's printed boards, slightly toned, with the original pictorial dustjacket and yellow wrap around band, slight edge-wear, else very good.
A contemporary of Cartier Bresson, Ronis was important in documenting social life during the 1940s and 50s, especially the working people of Paris.
In this scarce volume, Pierre Mac Orlan offers his paean to the authenticity of these working class neighborhoods of Belleville-Menilmontant. Ronis discovered the area through Daniel Pipart, a painter and friend of his wife, who kept a studio there. He visited and photographed regularly from 1947-1950, with the aim of one day making a book from the images. An exceptional copy, rare.