Poèmes de René Char

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Poèmes de René Char

Artist Nicolas de Staël (French, 1914-1955)

Publisher Jacques Dubourg ("aux dépens de l'artiste"), Paris, 1952

Printer Marthe Fequer & Pierre Padier, [Paris]

Author René Char (French, 1907-1988)

Date1952

Dimensionsslipcase: 14 7/8 x 11 5/8 x 2 in. (378 x 295 x 51mm)
chemise: 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (375 x 292 x 41mm)
book: 14 3/8 x 11 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (365 x 286 x 38mm)
page: 14 1/2 x 11 1/8 in. (368 x 283mm)

MediumOriginal prints: 14 wood engravings, one color lithograph (chemise cover) Text: letterpress (typeface: Firmin Didot 24) Paper: cream wove paper

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1979.40

Not on View

Published Referencescf. Garvey, Eleanor M., The Artist & the Book, 1860--1960, Boston, 1961, no. 290 cf. Hogben, Carol, Rowan Watson, editors, From Manet to Hockney: Modern Artists’ Illustrated Books, London, 1985, no. 127, reprs. cf. Castleman, Riva, A Century of Artists Books, New York, 1994, p. 192Exhibition HistoryTMA: The Artist As Illustrator, Mar. 21, - June 21,1981