WERNER BISCHOF (1916-1954) A group of 4 scenes, from his series Japan. 1951. Silver prints, the images measuring 8⅛x7⅞ inches (20.6x20 cm.) to 10¾x9⅜ inches (27.3x23.8 cm.), each with Bischof's credit stamp and publication notations in pencil and one with a label with a typed title, on verso.
Provenance Acquired in 1960 by the editor of the Bantam edition, New York
Bischof died tragically in a road accident in the Andes on May 16, 1954, where he was engaged in making a film. His photographs of Japan were posthumously published in a book entitled Japan, 1954 written by Robert Guillain, a French journalist, and later in a paperbound edition by Magnum and in a paperback edition by Bantam. It was the first-ever book of photography to be awarded the prestigious Prix Nadar in 1955.
Reproduced Bischof Werner and Robert Guillain, Japan (New York: Bantam, 1961)
