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Days of Glory: History of the Liberation of Paris (Jours de gloire: Histoire de la Libération de Paris)
Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish (active France), 1881-1973)
Publisher: D. Lambusier, Paris, [1945?] (under the patronage of the Minister of Education, France)
Printer: typography: Busson, [s.l.]
text: Les Imprimeries Aranéennes & La Tradition, [s.l.]
collotypes: Bouan, [s.l.]
prints: Chassepot,
Author: various
Author: Various artists
Date: [about 1945]
Dimensions:
book: 11 1/8 x 9 3/16 in. (282 x 234mm)
page: 10 11/16 x 8 5/8 in. (272 x 219mm)
sheet: 10 9/16 x 8 1/4 in. (269 x 209mm)
platemark: 7 5/8 x 5 3/8 in. (19.3 x 13.7 cm)
Medium: Original prints: 1 engraving (Picasso), 8 etchings (4 each by Dignimont and Touchagues), 1 mezzotint (Daragnés)
Reproductions: collotypes of drawings in blue and black by Picasso, Dignimont, and Touchagues
Text: letterpress
Paper: cream wove Lana paper, watermarked
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Carol G. Wick in memory of William J. Hitchcock
Object number: 1987.68
Label Text:"Days of Glory" includes personal accounts of the liberation of Paris after the Second World War. The text is by a variety of authors, including most notably Valéry and Colette, all following a preface by General Koenig. Eluard's poem "Dans un miroir noir" is accompanied by an engraving of a woman's face and reproductions of two drawings in blue ink by Picasso. The proceed of the sale were given to the French Red Cross for the benefit of prisoners of war.
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