Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908-2004), photographer. -- Baudelaire, Charles (1821-1867). Portfolio for Three Poems from Les Fleurs du Mal. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1997.
4 photogravures by Henri Cartier-Bresson, each (260 x 175 mm on 415 x 345 mm sheets of handmade paper); loose as issued, with printed title page and limitation leaf; in original red cloth portfolio, upper cover stamped in black.
LIMITED EDITION, number 26 of 60 sets, from an edition of 70 sets only, EACH PHOTOGRAVURE SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. The images illustrate three poems chosen by Cartier-Bresson from Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal. One of these, "Les Promesses d'un Visage," was one of the six poems which led to Baudelaire's obscenity trial and were later banned.
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