Mon docteur le vin
Artist: Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953)
Publisher: Draeger frères (Paris, 1936)
Printer: Draeger frères (Paris)
Author: Gaston Derys (French, born 1875)
Date: 1936
Dimensions:
Book: H: 12 5/8 in. (320 mm); W: 10 3/8 in. (263 mm); Depth: 9/16 in. (15 mm);
Page: H: 12 5/16 in. (312 mm); W: 10 1/16 in. (255 mm)
Medium: Lithographs
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number: 1984.441
Label Text:A sure sign of one’s modernity was an appreciation for modern art. In this illustration for Gaston Derys’s charming ode to the health benefits of wine, Raoul Dufy depicts a sophisticated, well-dressed couple strolling through an art gallery featuring paintings by such modern luminaries as Modigliani, Braque, and Matisse. The chapter, titled “Downfall of a Lady Teetotaler,” argues that a person who does not drink wine with dinner is more susceptible to addiction to hard alcohol or drugs. The dialogue below the image wittily supports this claim as the couple discusses the woman in the portrait at upper left. “He has captured the fixed stare well; strange…” “You know that she has devoted herself to narcotics…” “What are you saying! She drinks nothing but water with her meals…” “Precisely!”
DescriptionReproductions: 19 photolithographs of watercolors (18 in colors), plus 1 photolithograph of a drawing (wrappers). Text: letterpress and photolithography in colors. Paper: white wove.
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