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Portraits Photographiques et Uniformes [LIMITED EDITION WITH SIGNED ORIGINAL PRINT]

Fréger, Charles (Photography); Pilippe Abraizar (Text)

Paris: 779 Éditions / Société Francaise de Photographie, 2001. Limited edition. Softcover. 29/50. Octavo. 63 (1)pp. Original stiff white wraps with black lettering on cover, stiff stiff photo-illustrated dustjacket in color, housed in printed and hand-numbered white slipcase. Laid in original color print (7 1/2 x 6") signed by Fréger and numbered on verso.

Referencing Leonardo Sciascia on the painter Antonello da Messina Philippe Abraizar states: "The contemporaries of that Sicilian painter have such a presence in his paintings that they invite one to look for a corresponding model in real life since "order, knowledge, and judgment cannot exist without similarities." That is the game that Charles Fréger's four series, Water-polo, Pattes blanches, Miss, and Notre-Dame, are poised for. The artist brings a new way of looking at comparable and differentiating traits, at what bonds together and what breaks apart." Illustrated with thirty-five striking full page color portraits, plus thumbnail photographs for each series. With exhibition history at rear. Text in French, English and German. Fine condition. Item #52170
ISBN: 2914573006

Price: $650.00