Morning, Noon, Night
New York: Knight Publishers, Inc., 1937. First edition. Spiral Bound. Folio. Unpaginated. Original photographic wrappers over spiral bound stiff paper boards. Photographic title page. Book housed in original publisher's photographic box. Scarce work consisting of about 218 photogravures divided into three sections: Morning; Noon and Night. Almost all of the images are of the nude with the majority of photographs devoted to the female form. In addition, Schaeffer elevated this book beyond just a photography study by including 15 'adaptations' of photographs contained in the book by 15 different noted artists and designers working in the mediums of drawing, painting, lithography and engraving. These artists are Max Squires (Magazine cover); Lewis C. Daniel (Lithograph); J. Ghislain Lootens (Photograph); Rocco Petrocelli (Illustration in air brush); Georg Salter (Poster); the author himself Samuel Bernard Schaeffer (Fabric design); John Sennhauser (Sketch); Antonio Petrucelli (Poster); Greta Frank (Fashion drawing); Hilmer Hirschhorn (Cut-out display); Don Rico (Wood cut); Adolph Treidler (Wash drawing); Jules Halfant (Gouache painting); Albert Staehle (Illustration) and Albert Schiller (Drawing in type ornaments). Box worn along edges. Box in overall poor, wrappers, binding and interior in near fine to fine condition. vg. Item #29796
Price: $275.00