Jacques-Henri Lartigue

(New York: Witkin-Berley, 1971, an edition of 50 plus several artist's proofs), a portfolio of 10 photographs, each mounted and matted, signed by the photographer in ink on the mount, the portfolio label on the reverse, early 1900s, printed circa 1972; together with the printed title/colophon signed and numbered '33' in ink.  Folio, brown pictorial buckram folding case with matching slipcase

The plates are as follows: Cousin "Bichonade" in Flight, 1905 Simone Roussel on the Beach at Villerville, 1906 My Brother, Zissou, Gets His Glider Airborne, Chateau de Rouzat, October, 1908 The Race Course at Auteuil, Paris, 1910 Woman With Fox Fur, Avenue des Acacias, 1911 Zissou in His Tire Boat, Chateau de Rouzat, 1911 Grand Prix of the Automobile Club of France, 1912 The Famous Rowe Twins of the Casino de Paris, 1929 Picasso, 1955 These toned prints, on paper with a semi-glossy surface, are in generally excellent condition. Simone Roussel on the Beach at Villerville, 1906 - In raking light, a tiny deposit of original retouching is visible in the sky area in the upper right quadrant of the print. Woman With Fox Fur, Avenue des Acacias, 1911 - In raking light, a tiny indentation not breaking the emulsion and tiny deposits of original retouching are visible in the lower left quadrant of the print. The folio is in very good condition, with some fingerprints visible, as well as rubbing at the extremities, and a small circular matte deposit of indeterminate nature on the reverse of the folding folio.
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