Roger Parry (1905-1977) - Fabien Loris (1906-1979 )Banality... Lot 150

Roger Parry (1905-1977) - Fabien Loris (1906-1979 )Banality by Léon-Paul Fargue. Illustrated with rheograms and object research by Loris and Parry. Librairie Gallimard - Edition of the Nouvelle Revue Française. Paris, 1930. In-folio (38,5x28,5cm). First edition. 84 pages. Filled soft cover and protective crystal paper. One of the 35 copies on Japon Impérial (XXX + 5 HC) signed by Fabien Loris and Roger Parry, containing 16 silver prints of the period, mounted on sheets. Average size of the prints: 22x16,5cmBibliography : - Christophe Berthoud - Christian Bouqueret, Roger Parry, le météore fabuleux, Paris, Marval, 1996, p. 45. - Martin Parr - Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History - Volume 1, London, Phaidon Press, 2004, pp. 100-101. - Michèle et Michel Auer, Photobooks. 802 photo books from the M. + M. Auer collection, Hermance, 2007, p. 156 . There is also a current edition of the book, printed in 332 copies, illustrated with heliogravures. "We can now clearly understand the collaboration of Parry and Loris on the sixteen photographic works in the book by Léon-Paul Fargue. Parry, as for him, was in charge of the direct shots as well as of the manipulations, negative copies or overprints; the photograms are more the responsibility of Loris". (Berthoud-Bouqueret, p. 19).