The Samos Aphrodite
A photographic plate book published in New York by Parish-Watson in 1918, documenting the marble statue known as the Samos Aphrodite, a Greek sculpture of the goddess, aimed at students and lovers of classical art. The pictures are dark-ground black and white photographs of the statue from several angles and a close profile of the head, showing the drapery falling from the hips and the tight coiled hair, useful to a designer studying classical figure poses, lighting on white marble against black, and profile composition.
