Germaine Krull: Photographer of Modernity by Krull, Germaine; Kim Sichel - 1999

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine/As New cloth-bound hardcover in a Fine/As New dust jacket, protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Photographs by Germaine Krull; text by Kim Sichel. 363 pages; 148 full-page duo-toned b&w plates plus 43 text illustrations; 10 x 12.5 inches. Notes, bibliography, index. Germaine Krull (1897-1985) led an extraordinary life that spanned nine decades and four continents. She witnessed many of the high points of modernism and recorded some of the major upheavals of the twentieth century. Her photographs include avant-garde montages, ironic studies of female nudes, press propaganda shots, as well as some of the most successful commercial and fashion images of her day. Her political commitments led her from communist allegiance to incarceration in Russia as a counterrevolutionary to support of the Free French cause against Hitler to a reclusive existence among Tibetan monks in India. Sichel's study of this remarkable artist reveals a life of deep convictions, implausible transformations, complex emotional relationships, and inspired achievements. The catalogue for a major traveling exhibition of Krull's work. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted.