L’ange Heurtebise
Artist: Man Ray (American, 1890-1976)
Author: Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963)
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
Book: H: 15 in. (381 mm); W: 11 1/4 in. (285 mm); Depth: 3/8 in. (9 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 14 15/16 in. (380 mm); W: 11 in. (280 mm).
Medium: Reproduction: photogravure reproduction of a photograph (rayogram).
Text: letterpress (typeface: Didot Bold).
Paper: Arches cream wove.
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number: 1984.355
Label Text:The photogravure frontispiece by Man Ray is his creative visualization, by the photogram (or rayogram) technique, of an angel, which is the subject of Cocteau's poem.
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