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Making strange : the modernist photobook in France / Kim Sichel

by Kim Sichel

This illustrated study examines French photobook innovation from the 1920s to the 1950s. It analyses the materiality and modernist visual language of seminal works, considering their significance within the history of modern art and avant-garde publishing.

Accession 27604 ISBN 9780300246186 Publisher Yale University Press
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