Beautés Arabes. 10 Vues Artistiques.
Paris, CAP (Cie des Arts Photomécaniques), [ca. 1930s].
Oblong 8vo. 10 postcards, ca. 90 x 140 mm. Captions in French on the reverse. Original printed wrappers. Stapled.
€ 500.00
Rare example of fine art nude photography in postcard design. A set of well-composed, aesthetic images of young Maghreb women posing topless or almost entirely nude; all but one wearing traditional headdresses and jewellery.
CAP was a postcard publisher established in 1932, originally in Paris. The firm later moved to Schiltigheim in Strasbourg.
Condition
One postcard loose. Wrappers a little spotted; otherwise fine.
References
Not in OCLC.