La source des jours

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La source des jours

Artist Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953)

Printer lithograph: Desjobert, [Paris]; text: Joseph Zichieri, [Paris]

Author Gaston Massat (French)

Date1948

DimensionsBook: H: 11 in. (279 mm); W: 7 1/2 in. (190 mm); Depth: 1/2 in. (13 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 11 in. (280 mm); W: 7 1/2 in. (190 mm).

MediumOriginal print: lithograph. Reproductions: 7 photolithographs in black of drawings. Text: letterpress in black with green (typeface: Caslon). Paper: Rives BFK cream wove, watermarked.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.443

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Label TextPublisher Pierre André Benoit (who published under his initials PAB) was fond of printing very small books. He would solicit artwork from his friends, sending them several sheets of celluloid on which they could scratch a drypoint engraving. He printed the engravings himself and sometimes wrote his own poem or text to accompany the print. He published 15 tiny books with art by Picasso, four with his friend Jean Dubuffet, and three with Duchamp. Many other artists and writers were tapped for this personal obsession. Unlike other publishers, who spent years on a single publication, Benoit would send a finished book to an artist only a few weeks after receiving an image. Editions were no more than 30 or 40 copies.