May 09, 2013 - Sale 2313

Sale 2313 - Lot 49

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(GRAPHIC DESIGN JOURNALS.) Vogel, Lucien; editor. VU. L'Illustré Français. Journal de la semaine. Group of over 70 issues spanning 1934-37. Photographic plates by André Kertész, Brassaî, Germaine Krull, Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, Marcel Ichac, and many others. Thin folio, original pictorial wrappers, variously edgeworn, some disbound, most in very good condition. (IO). Paris, 1924-37

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A long run of issues of the first major weekly French journal to focus on photography. A true printing tour-de-force, Vu used the photogravure process to display dynamic photomontage, creative typography, and bold art direction. The great French poster artist, A. M. Cassandre, created the VU logo.