CLERGUE, Lucien

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[Paris]: Pierre Belfond, 1976. First edition. [112]pp; b&w plates. 4to. Red paper stamped in gilt to front board and spine; dust jacket. Moderate wear along board edges; light bump ing to corners. Jacket moderately edgeworn, with several small chips and crumpled closed tears, tape repair to interior crown. About very good in like jacket. Signed by Clergue to title page. A collection of high-contrast back-and-white photographs by noted French photographer Lucien Clergue (1934-2014), a close personal friend of Picasso. Images verging frequently into the abstract in their investigation of such natural subjects as swamps, tidal areas, and tree forms. Preface by Mario Passinos; notes at rear. All text in French. Show more