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Carmina Burana

Artist H. A. P. Grieshaber (German, 1909-1981)

Publisher Manus Presse, Stuttgart, 1965

Printer H. A. P. Grieshaber at the Manus Presse, Stuttgart

Binder H. Wennberg, Stuttgart

Author Jacques Prévert (French, 1900-1977)

Author Carl Orff (German, 1895-1982)

Date1965

DimensionsBox: H: 23 7/8 in. (607 mm); W: 16 5/16 in. (415 mm); Depth: 1 in. (26 mm).
Book: H: 23 1/8 in. (587 mm); W: 15 7/8 in. (404 mm); Depth: 9/16 in. (14 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 23 1/16 in. (585 mm); W: 15 3/4 in. (400 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 14 woodcuts in colors (incl. the box), plus orange and tan woodcut on the front wrapper repeated twice in blue and green as pastedowns inside the box. Musical score: lithography. Text: letterpress in black with red (typeface: Times New Roman), plus relief line block facsimile signature in blue. Paper: Hahnemühle white wove.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.534

Not on View

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, Feb. 14--May 11, 2003.

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

Toledo Museum of Art, In Motion: Dance and Performance in Art, September 18, 2015- January 3, 2016.