Lucien Clergue

(New York: Double Elephant Editions, 2006), a portfolio of 7 photographs, each signed on the reverse, 1955-2005, printed in 2006. Folio, black leatherette clamshell box, one in an edition of 40

These photographs are in generally excellent condition. There is a one-inch crescent-shaped handling crease in the lower left quadrant of 'Four Nudes in The City'.
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The plates are as follows:

Four Nudes in the City, New York, 1983

Jean Cocteau and Sphinx, les Baux de Provence, 1955

Two Zebra Nudes, New York, 2005

Wet Sands, Camargue, 1965

Nude on a Beach, Camargue, 1971

Harlequin, Arles, 1955

Pablo Picasso, Cannes, 1955

The full catalogue information for this lot is as follows:

(New York: Double Elephant Editions, 2006), a portfolio of 7 photographs, each signed by the photographer in pencil and titled, dated, and copyrighted in an unidentified hand in ink on the reverse, matted, 1955-2005, printed in 2006; together with printed and illustrated title and plate list. Folio, black leatherette clamshell box, an unnumbered portfolio from the edition of 40