Du Cubisme
Artist: Albert Gleizes (French, 1881-1953)
Artist: Various artists
Author: Jean Metzinger (French, 1883-1957)
Publisher: Compagnie française des arts graphiques, Paris, 1947
Printer: text: R. Girard & Cie., Paris
plates: Compagnie française des Arts graphiques, [Paris]
Date: 1947
Dimensions:
slipcase: 10 7/8 x 8 7/8 x 1 3/8 in. (277 x 225 x 35mm)
chemise: 10 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. (273 x 222 x 28mm)
book: 10 x 8 3/8 x 7/8 in. (254 x 213 x 23mm)
page: 10 x 8 in. (254 x 203mm)
Medium: Original prints: 5 etchings (Picasso, after Derain, Laurencin, Villon, Duchamp), 2 aquatints (after Braque, after Léger), 4 drypoints (Metzinger, Gleizes, after Gris, Picabia)
Text: letterpress
Paper: cream wove Lana paper, watermarked
Place of Origin: France
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Object number: 1979.22B-L
Label Text:This book was a new edition of a text first published in 1912, when the cubism style was relatively new. This new edition contained 7 original prints by Picasso, Metzinger, Laurencin, Gleizes, Picabia, Villon and Duchamp. Picasso's etching L'Homme au Chapeau dated from 1914, when he had illustrated Le Siège de Jerusalem.
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