LUCIEN WALÉRY (1863–1929) Lot n° 25

LUCIEN WALÉRY (1863-1929) | Portfolio 'Nus. Cent Photographies Originales de Laryew', Paris 1923 Image Size: 22,7 x 17 cm English: 100 Photogravures, each printed in brown ink on cardboard 32,2 x 25 cm, in excellent condition. Each sheet with typographic Roman image number in the lower right margin. Complete portfolio 33 x 35,5 x 4 cm, cardboard folder with ribbons, typographic title "Nus" on the cover and label "Exlibris Henri Pluyman" at the inner lid. Title page with typographic title "Nus. Cent Photographies Originales de Laryew" (Nudes. Hundred original photographs by Laryew) and publisher's address "Librairie des Arts Décoratifs, A. Calavas, Éditeur, 68, Rue la Fayette, Paris". "Laryew" is an anagram from the otherwise common pseudonym of the photographer Waléry, which he used for his nude photography, at least for the portfolio work "Nus" (while his famous nudes of Josephine Baker he signed with Waléry). His civil name was Stanislaw Julian Ignacy, Count of Ostroróg; his father, also a photographer, came from Lithuania, moved first to Marseilles, then to Paris, then London, where he ran a successful portrait studio, which the son took over in 1890. German: 100 photogravures, printed in brown ink on card 32.2 x 25 cm, in excellent condition. Each sheet typographically numbered in Roman numerals in the lower right margin. Complete portfolio 33 x 35.5 x 4 cm, cardboard folder with ribbon, typographic title "Nus" on the cover and label "bookplate Henri Pluyman" on the inner wing. Title sheet with typographic title "Nus. Cent Photographies Originales de Laryew" (File. One Hundred Original Photographs by Laryew) and publisher's reference "Librairie des Arts Décoratifs, A. Calavas, Éditeur, 68, Rue la Fayette, Paris." "Laryew" is an anagram from the otherwise common pseudonym of the photographer Waléry, which he used for his nude photography, at least for the portfolio work "Nus" (he signed his famous nudes of Josephine Baker with Waléry, however). His civil name was Stanislaw Julian Ignacy, Count of Ostroróg; his father, also a photographer, came from Lithuania, moved first to Marseille, then to Paris, then London, where he ran a successful portrait studio that his son took over in 1890.