Le voyage d’Urien (title page)

Artist Maurice Denis French, 1870-1943

Publisher Librairie de l’art indépendant Paris, 1893

Author André Gide French, 1869-1951

Place of OriginFrance

Date1893

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 8 9/16 in. (217 mm); W: 8 1/8 in. (206 mm); Depth: 1 3/16 in. (30 mm).
Chemise: H: 8 1/4 in. (210 mm); W: 8 in. (203 mm); Depth: 1 in. (25 mm).
Book: H: 7 15/16 in. (202 mm); W: 7 5/8 in. (194 mm); Depth: 9/16 in. (14 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 7 7/8 in. (200 mm); W: 7 1/2 in. (190 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 30 lithographs in colors, plus 1 wood engraving in black (cover). Text: letterpress. Paper: ivory laid paper.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.376

Not on View

Collections

Works on Paper

Published Referencescf. Garvey, Eleanor M., The Artist & the Book, 1860--1960, Boston, 1961, no. 76, repr.

cf. Ray, Gordon N., The Art of the French Illustrated Book, 1700 to 1914, vol. II, New York, 1982, no. 375, reprs.

Symmes, Marilyn, "Illustrated books at The Toledo Museum of Art," The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Miami, winter 1988, p. 54, col. repr.

cf. Hogben, Carol, Rowan Watson, editors, From Manet to Hockney: Modern Artists’ Illustrated Books, London, 1985, no. 5

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Bareiss Collection of modern illustrated books from Toulouse-Lautrec to Kiefer, 1985, no.17.

Toledo Museum of Art, The artist and the printer, 1994--1995 (no cat.).

Toledo Museum of Art, Drawn from Classicism: Modern Artists’ Books, September 9-December 10, 2017.

Label TextGide commissioned Denis to illustrate his symbolist novel after seeing Denis' unpublished drawings for "Sagesse." This book, dating from the Art Nouveau period, is generally considered the first livre d'artiste illustrated with color lithographs.