Prisons de Soie [with] Petit Choc by MASSOT, Pierre de - 1930

Paris: Les Editions de Paris c1930, 1930. Large 8vo. Reproductions of 30 elegantly suggestive photographic images in the first title (Prisons de Soie) and 39 in the second (Petit Choc). Original illustrated wrappers preserved but the whole bound with boards covered in green marbled paper. Ex libris G. Nordmann, one of the great collectors of erotica. This copy was sold for 1140 euros at the Nordmann sale in 2006. Two scarce albums bound together illustrating, with provocative daring, lingerie of the late 1920s. The first, Prisons de Soie carries a text by Pierre de Massot (1900-1969) who was closely connected with the Dadaist movement of the 1920s. He was present at the Dadaist evening known as the "Coeur a barbe" organised by Tristan Tzara at the Michel Theatre. This event descended into a physical fight between the Dadists and the Surrealists, de Massot's arm being broken by a blow from Andre Breton's cane. However, the two became friends and close artistic associates. de Massot was also Andre Gide's secretary.