Lucien Clergue, Jean Cocteau, Paul Éluard, Pablo Picasso — Corps Mémorable

Parijs: Pierre Seghers. First edition, first printing. 37 pp., 27 x 18,5. Condition: Very Good (VG). Dustjacket: clean, just slightly worn on the corners and some light sunning to edges. Dust jacket is protected by original transparent cover. Inside: clean, no loose pages. Superficial fold on p.7. With dust jacket. Corps mémorable is a 1957 French photobook published by Pierre Seghers in Paris, featuring 12 high-contrast, black-and-white photographs by Lucien Clergue. The photographs depict female nudes on the beaches of the Camargue region, capturing figures in the sand and waves. The publication is a significant collaborative work involving multiple avant-garde figures: it contains a prefatory poem by Jean Cocteau titled 'À Clergue pour ses nus' and a series of poems by Surrealist author Paul Éluard. The dust jacket was designed by Pablo Picasso, featuring an abstract design that reflects the photographic imagery. This hardcover volume marks Clergue's first major publication of nudes, establishing his signature style of exploring the human form in Mediterranean landscapes.