Les sculpteurs français contemporains : receuil de cent quatre œuvres choisies
A 1901 Paris anthology by the critic Léonce Bénédite, published by Henri Laurens, reproducing one hundred and four selected works by contemporary French sculptors for an art-loving readership. The pages are plates of photographed marble and bronze figures set on dark grounds, with plain captions giving each sculptor's name, nationality and the work's title. A designer could take from them the unbroken black backgrounds, the strong side lighting that models a body's curves, and the classical poses of standing and seated nudes and saints.
