Venus and Adonis
Artist: Marie Laurencin (French, 1885 -1956)
Publisher: Éditions de l’oiseau Lyre, Paris, 1939 (Louise B.M. Dyer)
Printer: music and text: Mounot, France (Buchardt, graveur)
Author: John Blow (British, 1649?-1708)
Date: 1939
Dimensions:
Slipcase: H: 12 3/8 in. (315 mm); W: 10 5/8 in. (270 mm); Depth: 15/16 in. (24 mm).
Sheet: H: 11 in. (279.4 mm)
Portfolio: H: 12 in. (305 mm); W: 10 3/8 in. (264 mm).
Book: H: 10 15/16 in. (278 mm); W: 8 7/8 in. (225 mm); W: 3/8 in. (9 mm).
Page: H: 10 11/16 in. (272 mm); W: 8 11/16 in. (221 mm).
Folder: H: 11 7/8 in. (302 mm); W: 10 1/8 in. (257 mm).
Medium: Reproductions: 8 collotypes of watercolor drawings on cream wove paper with added pochoir coloring, mounted on gray wove paper (incl. wrapper).
Text and music: photolithography on cream wove paper watermarked with the publisher’s name.
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number: 1984.653
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