Salon de l'Escalier, an exhibition of modern photography and its precursors in the stairway gallery of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, in May-June 1928. It was organized by the editor of L'Art vivant, Florent Fels, and the publisher Lucien Vogel in protest against what they regarded as the conservatism of mainstream shows. The exhibits included work by Man Ray, Abbott, Kertész, Outerbridge, and Hoyningen-Huene, but also Nadar and Atget. Vogel's participation ensured plentiful publicity, and the exhibition heralded further, regular exhibitions at venues such as the Galérie de la Pléiade.
— Robin Lenman
