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Paris, Société anonyme Les Illustrés français, 1930-1936
near fine
18 special issues of this French weekly paper, that implicitly documents an important phase of visual culture in European popular media. Photographs, photo essays, photocollage, and montage are inventively combined with graphic illustration and text layout in every issue. Articles range from political analysis to household economics, fashion, sports, cars, cinema; advertisements for products include cameras, radios, typewriters, fountain pens, record players, stockings, etc. Photographic illustrations by Kertesz, Brassai, Tabard, Germaine Krull, Boucher, Man Ray, Pierre Verger, Sougez, etc.. each issue 14 1/2" x 10 5/8" in size. Even when some issues have some light soiling towards the edges, they are all in very good - fine condition, unless otherwise mentioned.
The issues of VU were exhibited in the exhibition: "Regarder VU, magazine photographique 1928-1940" - Paris : Maison Européenne de la Photographie (2/11/2006 - 25/02/2007).
"The illustrated weekly magazine VU ran over 600 issues between 21 March 1928 and 29 May 1940. Many of its special issues caused a sensation when they appeared, ......VU spearheaded the media revolution of the 1920s, developing the idea that extensive use of photography could produce an objective view of the world. Like a cinema newsreel on paper, it set out to be the "week's illustrated journal", using photos in all its columns. Its founder and director was Lucien Vogel, a politically committed man of the press who had already created the Gazette du Bon Ton (1912-1925) and the Jardin des modes (1922). Vogel was himself a photographer and often acted as a photo-reporter for his own magazine. His support for the Spanish Republicans in 1936 led to his dismissal. VU covered a varied, even eclectic range of subjects including politics and world affairs, social and moral issues, discoveries, disasters, exploration, the arts, sport, entertainment, and the surprising or unusual. It made systematic use of pictures, promising its readers "pages crammed with photographs" and "sensational illustrated features". VU set itself apart in 1928 by using what it called "photographic reportage", publishing sets of photographs on a predefined subject taken by a single photographer. It also made use of photomontage as a vehicle for pointed political or social criticism, in particular under the leadership of Alexandre Liberman, who was art director from 1932 and had worked with Cassandre, who designed the VU logo. The printing technique known as rotogravure provided page designers with more creative leeway and gave new power to the photographs themselves thanks to the way they could be laid out and composed dynamically across double-page spreads. Rotogravure also meant that tonal values could be rendered more effectively than ever before, producing high-quality brown and blue tones for pictures by freelance photographers including Kertész, Man Ray, Krull, Lotar and Brassaï as well as those produced by international photo agencies. Looking back on all this we see a cutting-edge editorial approach that makes most of today's weekly magaziners pale into insignificance. VU put a high premium on photography as an informational medium: its editors held that "text explains, but photos provide proof". ..."
Paris: Société anonyme Les Illustrés français. Folio, pages 654 - 715, illustrated throughout. Front wrapper with photograph by Deberby & Peignot. Very Good.
- First edition. Articles by Le Comte Félix de Vogue : Le Maroc; D’Arcos : Visions Antiques en tunisie ; E.-H. Weiss: La Suprématie de la Technique Française ; Lefebvre Saint-Ogan: Le Drapeau Français a 100 ans ; Jack London : Le Paien. Nouvelle Tirée des Contes des Mères du Sud… Hervé Lauwick : La Belle Histoire des Frères Lumière ; Photographs by Kertesz, Germaine Krull, and others.
Paris : Société anonyme Les Illustrés français. Folio, pages 950 - 1010, illustrated throughout. Front wrapper with photograph by Kertezs (sic). Very Good - Fine.
- First edition. Articles by Henri Beau: Equipages d’Antan; G. Charensol : L’Auto et la peinture ; E.-H. Weiss: L’Industrie la Mieux Outillé ; Piere Ichac : L’Automobile au Sahara… Photographs by Tabard, Kitrosser, Valeriano Salas and others.
Paris : Société anonyme Les Illustrés français.
Folio, pages 2741 - 2844, illustrated throughout. Illustrated wrappers. Good.
- First edition. Articles by Philippe Soupault, Paul Morand + photographs by Berenice Abbott, Roger Francq, Hans Casparius, Isaac Kitrosser, Guttmann, Margaret Bourke-White…
Paris : Société anonyme Les Illustrés français. Folio, pages 777 - 944, illustrated throughout. Illustrated wrappers. Very good.
- First edition. Articles by Andre Maurois: Quelques Traits de la France; Henri Duvernois : Le Français moyen ; H. Dubreuil : L’Ouvrier Français ; Jean Pupier : La grande Industrie ; Michel Augé- Laribé : L’Agriculture ; Jean Gallotti : La France et les Français ; E. Weiss : Les grands Travaux ; Pierre MacOrlan : Le Français et ses « imponderables » ; Albert Laprade : Architecture…..etc. Photographs by Tabard, Kertesz, Nora Dumas, Lucien Vogel and others.
Paris : Société anonyme Les Illustrés français. Folio, 74 pages, illustrated throughout. Front wrapper by Alexandre. Fine.
- First edition. Interview with Pierre Cot (Ministre de l’Air) by Hervé Lauwick and articles by M. Sejo : Nous et les Autres ; André Demaison : La Vieille Querelle de la Lance et du Mousquet ; Max Vignes : L’œil de l’Avion ; Jean Gallotti ; Urbanisme et Aviation…. Photographs by Jean Moral, E. Michaud, Brassaï and others.
Paris : Société anonyme Les Illustrés français. Folio, 74 pages, illustrated throughout. Front wrapper with montage by Alexandre. Very good.
- First edition. Articles by Gouverneur Général Olivier : Colonisation Civilisation; André Philip : Le Choc des Droits et des Races / Socialisme et Colonisation ; Richard Richemond : Races qui meurent ; Francis Delaisi : Le Trafic et ses Conflits ; Claude Eylan : Les Indes Néerlandaises…. Photographs by Hoppé, Hurlimann, Hug Block, and others.
Paris : Société anonyme Les Illustrés français. Folio, 82 pages, illustrated throughout. Front wrapper with photograph by A.S. (sic). Tear (2cm) in bottom front wrapper that gets smaller in the first 7-8 pages, otherwise a very good copy.
- First edition. Présentation par Georges Duhamel . Articles by Pasteur Vallery Radot : Le Microbe et La Défense du Mécanisme ; Ledoux-Lebard : L’ère Radiologique en Médecine ; Léon Bernard : Tuberculose ; Roussy , Lévy-Valensi : La Médecine de l’Esprit ; L. Dufourmentel : Chirurgie Réparatrice… Photographs by Gaston Paris Kertesz and others.
Paris : Société anonyme Les Illustrés français. Folio, 82 pages, illustrated throughout. Front wrapper with montage by Alexandre after photography by Saad. Fine
- First edition. Articles by Maurice Bedel : Paris en Fete ; Carlo Rim : Vingt Villes dans Une; Drieu La Rochelle: La Parisienne ; Louis Chéronnet : Plan des Merveilles de Paris ; Jean Gallotti : Tresors Caches de Paris ; Albert Laprade : Le Paris Nouveau ; Pierre Mac Orlan : Marianne etc. Photographs by André Kertesz, Germaine Krull, Schall, Sougez, Saad, Gaston Paris, Brassai and others.
Paris : Société anonyme Les Illustrés français. Folio, 58 pages, illustrated throughout. Front wrapper with photographs Schall and Draeger. Fine
- First edition. Articles by Baudry de Saunier ; L’Etat ne comprend pas ; Alain Janvier : Pourquoi bruler votre essence a remuer de l’air ?; Marc Chauviere : La Naissance d’un Prototype ; Pierre Thirliot : La Fantaisie et l’auto…. Photographs by Schall, Kollar, Schostal, Gaston Paris and others.
Paris : Société anonyme Les Illustrés français. Folio, 66 pages, illustrated throughout. Front wrapper montage by Alexandre. Fine.
- First edition. Articles by René Clair: Le Cinéma et l'Etat; Carlo Rim: La Faune des Plateaux; Henry Jeanson: Girls, Fleurs, méduses, serpents et arabesques; Roger Blin: Gags... Photographs by Hoyningen-Huene, Steichen and others.
Paris : Société anonyme Les Illustrés français. Folio, pages 367 – 414, illustrated throughout. Front wrapper by Alexandre. Red printed spine wrapper. Fine
- First edition. Articles by Dumont-Wilden : Le Peuple et la Dynastie ; Pierre MacOrlan : Images et Visages de la Belgique ; Ramon Fernandez : Avec le Comte de Paris ; Madeleine Jacob : Croquis de la Vie Belge etc. Photographs by Schall, Kollar, Kessels, Lucien Vogel and others.
Paris : Société anonyme Les Illustrés français. Folio, pages 446 – 482, illustrated throughout. Front wrapper with photograph by Marassé - Schostal. Green printed spine wrapper. Fine
- First edition. Articles by Colette : La hâte la gloutonnerie. Moi je suis gourmande ; Henri Jeanson : Vive l’envie à bas la camaraderie ! ; Carlo Rim : Paresse le péché qui sauvera le monde… ; R. Largeot : N’est ce pas La Sainte-Vehme qui fit enlever Jakob ?; Louis Cherronet : Les Sortileges de Neubabelsberg….. Photographs by Gaston Paris, Schall, …
Paris : Société anonyme Les Illustrés français. Folio, pages 547 – 594, illustrated throughout. Illustrated wrappers. Ochre printed spine wrapper. Fine
- First edition. Introduction and articles by Bertrand de Jouvenel : Le Parlementarisme / Les campagnes recines aristocratiques de l’Angleterre/ La Monarchie L’Empire La Cité / Lancashire orgeuil du XIXe Siècle, ruine du XXe….Photographs by Schall, Pierre Verger, Hug Block, Gaston Paris …
Paris : Société anonyme Les Illustrés français. Folio, pages 627 – 682, illustrated throughout. Illustrated wrappers with photograph by Joffé “Ad Art”. Fine
- First edition. Articles by Jules Sauerwein : Un grand révolutionnaire Joseph Pilsudksi ; Bertand de Jouvenel : en roulant vers L’U.R.S.S. ; Herve Lauwick : Coupe d’Aile ; Ramon Fernandez : La vieille Provence sur un moto neuve ; Leon Dourarche : L’Alsace a conquis les Français... Photographs by Schall, Kertesz, Andre Steiner, Hug Block, Pierre Boucher + reportage by Gaston Paris …
Paris : Société anonyme Les Illustrés français. Folio, pages 963 – 897, illustrated throughout. Front wrapper with montage by Alexandre. Fine
- First edition. Henry Bidou : Introduction / Naissance de l’Armee Rouge /L’ Ossoaviakhim / 48 heures a la première division prolétarienne de Moscou/ Cavalerie une fete au camp de Nara-Fominskoye. Michel Koltsov : L’Homme a la capote grise L’Officier Le Chef. Lucien Vogel : Ecoles militaires. / Flotte mystérieuse / La Garde des Frontières…. ….. Photographs by Schall, Lucien Vogel, Unionphoto …
Paris : Société anonyme Les Illustrés français. Folio, 50 pages, illustrated throughout. Front wrapper with photograph by G. de Sainte-Croix. Fine
- First edition. Articles by Pierre Dominique : De la carriole a l’Auto ; Leon Auscher : Tourisme ? mais non Travail d’abord ; Baudry Saunier : Etranglons la poule aux œufs d’or ; L. Caldien : Le dernier Assaut contre l’Essence ; Herve Lauwick : Comment est née la Voiture de Travail….. Photographs by Kollar, Buffotot, Andre Steiner, Madeleine Jolan, Schostal, Gaston Paris, August Rumbucher, Andreas Feininger …
Paris : Société anonyme Les Illustrés français. Folio, 50 pages, illustrated throughout. Typographic wrappers. Fine.
- First edition. Introduction by Paul Marion : Et d’abord, qui a fait les grandes élections de la IIIe république ? Iere Partie : La Masse Electorale 1936 ; IIeme Partie : Comment se fait une élection moderne ? III eme Partie : Les Forces occulte a l’assaut des urnes ….. Photographs by Saad, Gaston Paris, Nora Dumas, Kollar, Kertesz, …
Paris : Société anonyme Les Illustrés français. Folio, 50 pages, illustrated throughout. Front wrapper with photograph by Saad. Fine.
- First edition. Introduction by Paul Reyaud ; Iere Partie : L’Alemagne est-elle une puissance coloniale ? ; IIeme Partie : 1919 La Destruction de l’Empire allemand d’outre mer ; III eme Partie : 1936 – Hitler reclame les colonies ; IVieme partie : La Paix par les colonies ….. Photographs by Pierre Boucher, Pierre Verger, Hug Block …
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