Vepres Laquees

Edition : First / Paris / Editions Baudouin / 1979 / Hardcover. / VG+
Oblong 12mo Unpaginated (ca 120pp). Black cloth with pictoral onlay. Numerous colour photographs. Text in French.

Scarce photobook documenting the faces of Le Palace, Le Main Bleue and Les Bains Douches. Features Karl Lagerfeld (at the masked ball), Kenzo, Andy Warhol on a visit to Paris, Edwige Belmore (of Mathematiques Modernes), Eva Ionesco, ‘Magazine’ founder DIdier Lestrade, half the staff of ‘Facade’, Maria Schneider, David Bowie (or a very good lookalike) i.e. anybody who was anybody in Paris at the time. A beautiful mix of Disco, Punk and New Wave and celebrity culture.

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