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Lot 146
[PHOTOGRAPHY]. [FASSBENDER, Adolf (1880-1984), photographer]. Pictorial Artistry. New York: R. Westermann Company, Inc., [1937].
Estimate: $600 - $800
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$360
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[PHOTOGRAPHY]. [FASSBENDER, Adolf (1880-1984), photographer]. Pictorial Artistry. The Dramatization of the Beautiful in Photography. New York: R. Westermann Company, Inc., [1937]. Folio. Illustrated with 40 hand-pulled photogravure prints with unpaginated text pages. Bound in publisher's full beige cloth, front board and spine lettered in gilt, buckram cloth endleaves, interior endleaves, text and photographs spiral-bound, as issued.
Condition
Binding a bit toned, soiled, lightly bumped, text and plates very lightly toned, with some minor occasional foxing. Fine. FIRST EDITION, #162/1,000 COPIES SIGNED BY FASSBINDER. A collection of 40 beautiful tinted photographs by this influential photographer.
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