Anthologie de l’humour noir
Artist: Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)
Publisher: Éditions du sagittaire, Paris, 1950
Printer: text: l’Imprimerie Chassaing, Nevers; lithograph: [Mourlot frères, Paris]
Author: André Breton (French, 1896-1966)
Date: 1950
Dimensions:
Book: H: 9 1/16 in. (230 mm); W: 5 5/8 in. (143 mm); Depth: 1 7/8 in. (47 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 8 3/4 in. (223 mm); W: 5 3/8 in. (136 mm).
Sheet: H: 8 3/4 in. (222 mm); W: 5 3/8 in. (137 mm).
Medium: Original print: lithograph in colors on cream wove paper.
Reproductions: 22 photolithographs of paintings, etchings and photographs (portraits of the authors) on coated white wove paper, plus 1 design incorporating the portraits printed across the wrappers (incl. the turn ins).
Text: letterpress on Johannot pure rag wove paper, watermarked.
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number: 1984.774
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