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Corps perdu

Artist Jean Lurçat (French, 1892-1966)

Publisher Au sans pareil, Paris, 1926

Printer etchings: A. & M. Vernant, Paris; text: R. Coulouma, Argenteuil (H. Barthélemy, director)

Author Philippe Soupault (French, 1897-1990)

Date1926

DimensionsBook: H: 7 1/2 in. (191 mm); W: 5 1/2 in. (140 mm); Depth: 7/8 in. (23 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 7 7/16 in. (189 mm); W: 5 1/2 in. (139 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 2 drypoints, plus 2 extra suites of the drypoints. Reproductions: 17 line block reproductions of ink drawings, plus 2 extra suites of the line blocks. Text: letterpress. Paper: imperial japan ivory, with two suites of the etchings and line blocks on Van Gelder ivory laid, watermarked, and on Montgolfier white wove paper, watermarked.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.692

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Published Referencescf. The Frank Crowninshield Collection of Modern French Illustrated Books, New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1943, no. 463.