Lartigue: Life in Color

d'Astier, Martine; Ravache, Martine

ISBN 10: 1419720910 / ISBN 13: 9781419720918

Published by Abrams, 2015

About this Item

Translated from the French. First English edition; third printing. 168pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Gift inscription to ffe. Very light traces of foxing to head of text block. A very good copy. *** Exhibition catalogue. More than 100 reproductions of Lartigue's colour photographs.

Seller Inventory # 901489

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lartigue: Life in Color
• Publisher: Abrams
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1419720910
• ISBN 13: 9781419720918
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art & Photography

About this title

Synopsis

Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894–1986) was the best-known “amateur” in the history of photography, famously discovered by the art world and given an exhibi­tion at MoMA in New York when he was in his late sixties. He began by recording the pastimes and customs of his wealthy Parisian milieu, indulging his fascination with sports and aviation, and throughout his long life he was never without his camera. His friendships extended to the superstars of French culture, but he also made thousands of photographs of his family, wives, and lovers. His work was irresistibly warm and engaging.
 
Although known for his black-and-white work, Lartigue loved color film, experimenting with the Autochrome process in the teens and twenties and embracing Ektachrome in the late 1940s. His color work, reproduced here for the first time, is astonishingly fresh: the French countryside, the women in his life, famous friends (Picasso, Fellini), and glimpses from his travels all come alive in this delightful book.

About the Author

Martine d’Astier is the director of the Jacques Henri Lartigue Foundation and a former assistant of Lartigue’s.

Martine Ravache is an art historian and photography critic.