Fables (vol. 2)

Artist: Marc Chagall (Russian (active France), 1887-1985)

Author: Jean de La Fontaine (French, 1621-1695)

Publisher: Tériade (Paris, 1952)

Printer: Maurice Potin ([s.l.], 1927-1930)

Printer: Raymond Haasen (1952)

Date: 1952

Dimensions:

Slipcase: H: 16 1/8 in. (410 mm); W: 12 1/2 in. (317 mm); Depth: 4 1/2 in. (115 mm).

Book: H: 15 5/8 in. (397 mm); W: 12 1/16 in. (307 mm); Depth: 1 15/16 in. (49 mm).

Book1: H: 15 5/8 in. (397 mm); W: 12 1/16 in. (307 mm); Depth: 1 13/16 in. (46 mm).

Page (untrimmed): H: 15 7/16 in. (392 mm); W: 11 7/8 in. (302 mm).

Medium: Original drawing: watercolor with black ink (vol. 1). Original prints: 102 etchings, some with engraving and/or with drypoint, incl. wrappers Text: letterpress (typeface: Garamond Italic, 24 pt.). Paper: Rives BFK cream wove (different stocks, slightly different tones, because the text and etchings were printed 22 years apart).

Classification: Books

Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number: 1984.342B

Label Text:Two volumes with 100 etchings, two etched covers, and this copy with one watercolor inscribed to "W. Bareiss" and signed by the artist. This was originally commissioned by Vollard in 1927, and initially there was some outcry that a foreign artist had been chosen to illustrate such a venerated French text. The publication, delayed for over twenty years, was finally completed by Teriade.

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