LE NUMÉRO BARBETTE
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LE NUMÉRO BARBETTE
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Le Numéro Barbette is a seminal collaboration between Man Ray and Jean Cocteau, originally published in 1926.
The book centers on Barbette, the legendary gender-defying stage performer whose act captivated Parisian avant-garde circles and became a point of fascination within the Surrealist movement.
Through a series of striking photographs by Man Ray and a poetic text by Cocteau, the publication constructs a layered exploration of identity, illusion, and performance. The images oscillate between documentation and stylization, while the text elevates Barbette into a symbolic figure blurring boundaries between masculinity and femininity, reality and spectacle.
As both visual and literary work, Le Numéro Barbette stands at the intersection of photography, performance, and modernist thought, reflecting a moment when artistic disciplines merged to challenge conventional perceptions of the body and identity.
A rare and highly collectible publication, central to the history of avant-garde art and early twentieth-century photography.
Publisher: Jacques Damase
Year: 1980 (text originally published 1926)
Language: French
Format: Hardcover (publisher’s boards)
Dimensions: In-4 (approx. 30 × 22 cm)
Pages: 80 pages
Condition: Impeccable condition. No visible damage; exceptionally well preserved copy.
Intermission exists in the space between documentation and devotion an ongoing archive of cultural fragments that refuse to vanish. Each title within our portfolio is selected not for trend, but for tension: between what was meant to disappear and what insists on remaining.
We work with objects that speak quietly but persistently publications, recordings, and editions that define the undercurrents of art, sound, and design. Together they form a living record of marginal brilliance, a collection that privileges significance over scale.
The Story
Intermission exists in the space between documentation and devotion an ongoing archive of cultural fragments that refuse to vanish. Each title within our portfolio is selected not for trend, but for tension: between what was meant to disappear and what insists on remaining.
We work with objects that speak quietly but persistently publications, recordings, and editions that define the undercurrents of art, sound, and design. Together they form a living record of marginal brilliance, a collection that privileges significance over scale.
Every Intermission title is handled as an artifact. We believe that preservation is an act of reverence one that begins the moment you open a cover or unspool a tape.
To experience a piece, do so slowly. Allow the air to touch the paper, let light fall softly over each page. Avoid excess pressure; handle edges rather than surfaces. Each mark, fold, or patina is part of its passage through time evidence of care rather than decay.
We encourage collectors to engage not only with the content, but with the gesture of preservation itself: a quiet commitment to memory.
Collector Notes
Every Intermission title is handled as an artifact. We believe that preservation is an act of reverence one that begins the moment you open a cover or unspool a tape.
To experience a piece, do so slowly. Allow the air to touch the paper, let light fall softly over each page. Avoid excess pressure; handle edges rather than surfaces. Each mark, fold, or patina is part of its passage through time evidence of care rather than decay.
We encourage collectors to engage not only with the content, but with the gesture of preservation itself: a quiet commitment to memory.
If you still have any questions, feel free to contact us.
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EGOISTE NO. 11
EGOISTE NO. 11
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