Le rêve de l’ammonite

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Le rêve de l’ammonite

Artist Pierre Alechinsky (Belgian, born 1927)

Publisher Fata Morgana, [Montpellier, 1975]

Printer aquatints: Moret, Paris lithographs: Clot, Bramsen et Georges, Paris text: La Charité, Montpellier

Binder Adine, Paris

Author Michel Butor (French, born 1926)

Date[1975]

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 14 in. (356 mm); W: 10 5/8 in. (270 mm); Depth: 1 3/8 in. (35 mm).
Book: H: 13 5/16 in. (338 mm); W: 10 3/16 in. (259 mm); Depth: 13/16 in. (21 mm).
Page (Arches leaves untrimmed): H: 12 7/8 in. (327 mm); W: 9 7/8 in. (251 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 10 lift-ground aquatints in colors, plus 29 lithographs in black (incl. wrapper, chemise, and slipcase). Text: letterpress (typeface: Bodoni) on Arches cream wove and glassine tissue.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.190

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Comparative ReferencesSee also Castleman, Riva, A Century of Artists Books, New York, 1984, p. 195, col. repr.