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Three Poems from Les Fleurs Du Mal; Photographs By Henri-Cartier Bresson by Baudelaire, Charles - 1997

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Three Poems from Les Fleurs Du Mal; Photographs By Henri-Cartier Bresson by Baudelaire, Charles - 1997

Three Poems from Les Fleurs Du Mal; Photographs By Henri-Cartier Bresson

by Baudelaire, Charles

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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1997. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth, front cover paper label. Fine in fine in fine suede lined clamshell box, spine lettered in black. Bresson, Henri-Cartier. 17 leaves Folio, 37.5 x 36 cm. Limited edition, one of 300 copies singed in pencil by Henri-Cartier Bresson, designed, set in Monotype Walbaum and printed by Michael and Winifred Bixler. The four photogravures by Bresson printed by Jon Goodman. Text in French and English. Afterword by Jean Leymarie. The fourth photograph is a portrait of Martine Franck, Bresson's wife. also an excellent photographer, but fully dressed and intimate, the head disappears in order to focus attention on the legs.
  • Bookseller Royoung bookseller, Inc. US (US)
  • Illustrator Bresson, Henri-Cartier
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Orig. red cloth, front cover paper label. Fine in fine in fine suede lined clamshell box, spine lettered in black
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Limited Editions Club
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1997
  • Keywords Literature

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Three Poems from Les Fleurs du Mal
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Three Poems from Les Fleurs du Mal

by Charles Baudelaire

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When Baudelaire published the first edition of Les Fleurs du mal in 1857, the subject matter and the style touched off a scandal. The resulting outcries from some critics and his defense by others led to Baudelaire's trial for obscenity. He was ordered to pay a 300-franc fine and exclude six poems from the book. (Even his mother thought the poems were blasphemous.) Today, we can appreciate how Baudelaire extended the subject range of poetry.Inspired by Baudelaire's images, Henri Cartier-Bresson has chosen three poems from Les Fleurs du mal to illustrate with four photogravures. Among those banned in 1857 was "Les Promesses d'un visage" ("What a Pair of Eyes Can Promise"). In the original French, with the English translation on facing pages.Four photogravures by Henri Cartier-Bresson.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each book signed by Henri Cartier-Bresson.To produce the photogravures, each of Cartier-Bresson's negatives was transferred to a copper plate using gelatin-coated paper. This… Read More
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