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The collaboration between poet Paul Eluard and photographer Man Ray, Facile is a unique collection. Both the poems and the photographs are inspired by Eluard’s second wife, the glorious Nusch ( see Dreams of Desire 14 (Nusch by Dora Maar) and Dreams of Desire 15 (Nusch by Man Ray) ) with the poems both figuratively and literally caressing her naked figure. In Facile the body is actually text. The ground-breaking layout has influenced generations of photographers and it still remains one of the finest examples of joint Surrealist artistic endeavour as well as being a beautiful, erotically charged declaration of love.
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Very interesting. I hadn’t even heard of this!
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I am Mr.Obscurity
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🙂
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Reblogged this on HeartBeatsBlue and commented:
A collaboration between Man Ray and Paul & Nusch Éluard
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Just beautiful.
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Thank you
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wow. incredible.
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Thank you, I think a first edition of this book would cost a pretty penny.
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I’d love to find one. About 20 years ago I bought the Dali cookbook (recently reprinted). I paid very little and now I wish I had purchased the wine companion book!!! I’ll keep my eyes peeled at the estate sales! I really love your posts.
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Thank you very much, I try, though for some reason I like obscure old stuff. I really should move with the times and become up to date!
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This is the first time that I have seem this photograph, and what a photograph, thank you for bringing this to my attention.
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Thank you very much
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Fascinating. I am aware of Eluard as a poet, but I haven’t seen these before. Eye-openers in more senses than one. Thank you so much.
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Well I researched Nusch quite a bit and I am always on the look out for anything about Man Ray so this immediately caught my attention. Man Ray also photographed Benjamin Peret’s 1929 but that is downright pornographic. I would love to get my hands on a first edition of this.
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Lovely post Mr. Cake. Beautiful presentation, all the photos are stunning, yet my favorite, the gloves. ~ Miss Cranes
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I love the gloves, I also love Nusch. This is a classy production by all parties involved Man Ray, Paul and Nusch Eluard. Thank you as always for the kind comments Miss Cranes
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You’re welcome Mr. Cake.
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Very very very aesthetical… I truly like it a lot, as you surely already have guessed…
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I am glad you liked it, I would love to own a copy. The body as text.
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True…
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The combination works! I had never seen it before.
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Thank you… I try to bring to light works that hides in the shadows, but only if it is good.
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