249 - ROMAINS, Jules, and VERNEUIL, Maurice Pillard. Images of a Woman. Twenty-four Nude Studies.

ROMAINS, Jules, and VERNEUIL, Maurice Pillard. Images of a Woman. Twenty-four Nude Studies. Paris: Denoël & Steele, 1931. In-4 (30.5 x 24 cm), loose-leaf, in a black half-cloth slipcase, rust-colored paper covers, printed label glued to the front cover, black linen closure laces. 16 pp., 24 pl. First edition. A series of 24 beautiful full-page black-and-white nude photographs reproduced by heliogravure. "Black-and-white photographs of female nudes evoking statuary through the play of light and the purity of lines that lend the smooth, perfect bodies the luster of marble. By a jack-of-all-trades (1869–1942) in the decorative arts who had settled on the Swiss shores of Lake Geneva after the war, and for whom this is his only photographic work. A return of sorts to the academic nude, marked by the athletic and icy aesthetic of the 1930s” (Pierre Boudrot, Bibliography of Denoël and Steele Publications). Limited edition of 1,100 numbered copies; this one is No. 889. Foreword by Jules Romains. Excellent condition.