Venus and Adonis

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Venus and Adonis

Artist Marie Laurencin French, 1885 -1956

Publisher Éditions de l’oiseau Lyre, Paris, 1939 (Louise B.M. Dyer)

Printer music and text: Mounot, France (Buchardt, graveur)

Author John Blow British, 1649?-1708

Author John Blow (music) British, 1649?-1708

Date1939

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 12 3/8 in. (315 mm); W: 10 5/8 in. (270 mm); Depth: 15/16 in. (24 mm).
Sheet: H: 11 in. (279.4 mm)
Portfolio: H: 12 in. (305 mm); W: 10 3/8 in. (264 mm).
Book: H: 10 15/16 in. (278 mm); W: 8 7/8 in. (225 mm); W: 3/8 in. (9 mm).
Page: H: 10 11/16 in. (272 mm); W: 8 11/16 in. (221 mm).
Folder: H: 11 7/8 in. (302 mm); W: 10 1/8 in. (257 mm).

MediumReproductions: 8 collotypes of watercolor drawings on cream wove paper with added pochoir coloring, mounted on gray wove paper (incl. wrapper). Text and music: photolithography on cream wove paper watermarked with the publisher’s name.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

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1984.653

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Published ReferencesMellby, Julie, Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, fig. 90, p. 124 (repr. col.).Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, Feb. 14--May 11, 2003.