Allô! Paris!

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Allô! Paris!

Artist Robert Delaunay (French, 1885-1941)

Publisher Éditions des Quatre Chemins, Paris, 1926

Printer lithographs: Engelmann Imprimeur-Lithographe, Paris; text: l’Imprimerie du Livre, Rueil (H. Filipacchi, director)

Author Joseph Delteil (French, 1894-1978)

Date1926

DimensionsBook: H: 11 3/16 in. (284 mm); W: 9 1/16 in. (230 mm); Depth: 5/8 in. (16 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 11 3/16 in. (284 mm); W: 9 1/16 in. (230 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 20 lithographs. Text: letterpress. Paper: Arches cream wove paper, watermarked.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.375

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Label TextAllô!, Paris! is a book comprised of 20 lithographs based on ideas derived from Robert Delaunay’s earlier paintings and prints. Delaunay’s principle subject is one of the most recognizable monuments of modern Paris, the Eiffel Tower, seen in many different ways and from many different viewpoints. To Delaunay, the Eiffel Tower was a symbol of modernity and masculinity. In the page displayed, Delaunay added one of the Three Graces to the fractured and dynamic view of the Tower from below to symbolize the beauty and charm of Paris. In the painting The City of Paris of 1912–13, Delaunay represented all three Graces against a panoramic view of the city.Published Referencescf. Garvey, Eleanor M., The Artist & the Book, 1860-1960, Boston, 1961, no. 72, repr.

cf. Stein, Donna, Cubist Prints/Cubist Books, New York, 1983, nos. 80--81, p. 74, reprs.

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. 53.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, European Expressionist and Cubist Works on Paper: 1900-1930, Dec. 2, 2011-March 11, 2012 (University of Toledo Student Exhibition).