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Artist Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)

Publisher Gérald Cramer, Geneva, 1958

Printer text: Fequet and Baudier, Paris, woodcuts: Atelier Lacourière and Frélaut, Paris (Jacques Frélaut, Jamie Herrera), typography: Fon

Binder Pierre Lucien Martin, 1960

Author Paul Éluard (French, 1895-1952)

Date1958

Dimensionsslipcase: 13 1/4 x 10 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (337 x 267 x 42mm)
chemise: 13 x 10 1/4 in. (330 x 260mm)
book: 13 x 10 1/4 in. (330 x 260mm)
page: 12 5/8 x 9 3/4 in. (321 x 247mm)

MediumOriginal prints: 80 woodcuts (some with collagraph, some with collage, and some pasted in), incl. 74 printed in colors Text: letterpress in black and gray (typeface: Didot) Paper: Arches ivory wove paper, watermarked Binding: Levant morocco leather with inlaid calf and tooled lines.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1980.1338

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Label TextRegarded "one of the most triumphant feats of book illusrtation in over a century." Miro spent ten years creating the 233 woodblocks for the illustrations. In A TOUTE EPREUVE (loosely translated "Ready for any thing"), each page presents a delightfully imaginative intermingling of words and image. The spectacular binding on this copy is by Pierre Lucien Martin, one of the most outstanding French book binding designers.Published Referencescf. Castleman, Riva, A Century of Artists Books, New York, 1994, pp. 100-101, 3 reprs. (1 col.) cf. Garvey, Eleanor M., The Artist & the Book, 1860--1960, Boston, 1961, no. 209 cf. Strachan, W. J., The Artist and the Book in France; The 20th Century livre d'artiste, New York, 1969, p. 168 cf. Hogben, Carol, Rowan Watson, editors, From Manet to Hockney: Modern Artists’ Illustrated Books, London, 1985, no. 121, reprs. cf. Cramer, Patrick, ed., Joan Miró, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné, Geneva, 1989, no. 61, col. repr. cf. Johnson, Robert Flynn, Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870--2000: The Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books, San Francisco, 2001, no. 139Exhibition HistoryTMA: The Artist As Illustrator, Mar. 21, - June 21,1981. Toledo Museum of Art, Werner Pfeiffer Selects, Feb. 13-May 10, 2015.