Twelve Fables of Aesop

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Twelve Fables of Aesop

Artist Antonio Frasconi (American (born Uruguay), 1919 - 2013)

Publisher The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1954

Printer Joseph Blumenthal at The Spiral Press, New York

Author Aesop (Greek, 620-560 BCE)

Author Glenway Wescott (translator)

Date1954

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 10 7/8 in. (276 mm); W: 7 3/4 in. (197 mm); Depth: 9/16 in. (14 mm).
Book: H: 10 11/16 in. (272 mm); W: 7 11/16 in. (195 mm); Depth: 7/16 in. (11 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 10 1/2 in. (267 mm); W: 7 1/2 in. (191 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 19 linoleum cuts in black, 1 block in red. Text: letterpress in black with red (typeface: Monotype Emerson). Paper: Rives cream wove.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.491

Not on View

Published Referencescf. Castleman, Riva, A Century of Artists Books, New York, 1994, p. 121, repr.

cf. Garvey, Eleanor M., The Artist & the Book, 1860--1960, Boston, 1961, no. 111.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Don't Feed the Books: Birds, Bugs, and Bestiaries Featuring the Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, April 13-July 1, 2001.