BrassaïBRASSAI REVUE NEUF

This special issue (deluxe hardcover version) number 5 of the magazine NEUF dedicated to the work of French photographer Brassaï.

Robert Delpire is 24 years old. A medical student, he created in Paris the review NEUF, distributed by the Maison de la Médecine. It’s the beginning of a unique editorial adventure that will last 3 years and… 9 issues, and which will lead to the creation of Delpire Éditeur in 1953.
In post-war Saint-Germain, he made of this periodical an avant-garde artistic review. With NEUF, Delpire initiates collaborations and friendships that will accompany him throughout his career : Brassaï, Édouard Boubat, André Breton, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Blaise Cendrars, Jean Cocteau, Robert Doisneau, Paul Facchetti, André François, Robert Frank, Izis, Fernand Léger, Pierre Mac Orlan, Henri Michaux, Henry Miller, Mose, Michel Ragon, George Rodger, Willy Ronis, Jean-Paul Sartre, Savignac, Paul-Émile Victor…

Hardcover, 27 x 21 cm, b&w photographs. Text in French. In very good condition other than some wears to covers.