L’ange Heurtebise

Artist Man Ray (American, 1890-1976)

Publisher Librairie Stock, Paris, 1925

Printer photogravure: Dujardin, Paris text: l’Imprimerie Kapp, Vanves

Author Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963)

Date1925

DimensionsBook: H: 15 in. (381 mm); W: 11 1/4 in. (285 mm); Depth: 3/8 in. (9 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 14 15/16 in. (380 mm); W: 11 in. (280 mm).

MediumReproduction: photogravure reproduction of a photograph (rayogram). Text: letterpress (typeface: Didot Bold). Paper: Arches cream wove.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.355

Not on View

Label TextThe photogravure frontispiece by Man Ray is his creative visualization, by the photogram (or rayogram) technique, of an angel, which is the subject of Cocteau's poem.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Dada dada DaDa, Feb. 2 - Apr. 2, 2001, (photogravure and title page).

Toledo Museum of Art, Werner Pfeiffer Selects, Feb. 13-May 10, 2015.