A Bestiary

Artist Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)

Publisher Pantheon Books, New York, 1955

Printer Spiral Press, New York (Joseph Blumenthal)

Author Richard Wilbur (compiler) (American, 1921 - 2017)

Date1955

Dimensionsslipcase: 13 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (333 x 241mm)
book: 12 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. (324 x 238mm)
page: 12 1/2 x 9 in. (318 x 228mm)

MediumReproductions: line block reproductions of ink drawings Text: letterpress Paper: cream Rives mould-made paper

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1979.111

Not on View

Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Don't Feed the Books: Birds, Bugs, and Bestiaries Featuring the Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books," April 13-July 1, 2001 TMA Recent Acquisitions: Prints, Drawings, & llustrated Books Jan. 22, - June 24, 1983