Main entry:

Roh, Franz, 1890-1965, compiler, writer of essay.

Title & Author:

Foto-Auge : 76 Fotos der Zeit / Zusammengestellt von Franz Roh and Jan Tschichold = Oeil et photo : 76 photographies de notre temps / choises par Franz Roh et Jan Tschichold = Photo-eye : 76 photoes of the period / edited by Franz Roh and Jan Tschichold.

Publication:

[Stuttgart] : Akademischer Verlag Dr. Fritz Wedekind & Co., Stuttgart, [1929]
©1929

Description:

18 pages, 76 pages of plates : chiefly illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
Printed on double leaves.
"Einbandgestaltung und typografie: Jan Tschichold, München - foto des einbands: El Lissitzky, selbstbildnis [design of the book cover and typographic arrangement: Jan Tschichold - Photo on the cover by El Lissitzky (picture of himself)] ... druck von Heinrich Fink, Stuttgart - copyright 1929 by Akademischer Verlag Dr. Fritz Wedekind & Co., Stuttgart."--Title page verso
Plates are halftone photographic reproductions.
Includes photographs by: Man Ray, El Lissitzky, Max Ernst, Karel Teige, Brett Weston, Edward Weston, Hans Finsler, etc.
Index of photographers' names and addresses on unnumbered page at end (verso of last plate).
Mechanismus und Ausdruck : Wesen und Wert der Fotografie = Mécanisme et expression : les caractères essentiels la valeur de la photographie = Mechanism and expression : the essence and value of photography / Franz Roh -- Fotos = Photographies = Photoes -- Addressenverzeichnis = adresses = addresses.
Introductory essay and captions in French, German, and English.
From the Photographic Books Collection of the University of St Andrews.

Subject:

Photography, Artistic 20th century.
Photomontage Germany 20th century.
Photography Technique.
Photographie artistique 20e siècle.
Photomontage Allemagne 20e siècle.
Photographie Technique.
Photography, Artistic.
Photomontage.
Germany.

Form/genre:

Photobooks Germany Stuttgart 20th century.
relief halftones (prints)
double leaves.
photobooks.
Photobooks.
Similigravures.
Livres de photographies.

Added entries:

Tschichold, Jan, 1902-1974, compiler, book cover designer, typographer.
Lissitzky, El, 1890-1941, photographer.
Man Ray, 1890-1976, photographer.
Ernst, Max, 1891-1976, photographer.
Teige, Karel, 1900-1951, photographer.
Weston, Edward, 1886-1958, photographer.
Weston, Brett, photographer.
Finsler, Hans, 1891-1972, photographer.
Eric Chaim Kline, bookseller.
University of St. Andrews. Library. Photographic Books Collection.
Germany Stuttgart.

Œil et photo : 76 photographies de notre temps
Photo-eye : 76 photoes of the period

Holdings:

Location: Library cage 19688
Call No.: ID:87-B6857
Status: Available