Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé [reduced facsimile]
Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé [reduced facsimile]
Artist
Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-1954)
Printer
[s.n.], Italy
Author
Stéphane Mallarmé
(French, 1842-1898)
Date1976
DimensionsSlipcase: H: 11 3/4 in. (298 mm); W: 9 in. (228 mm); Depth: 2 11/16 in. (69 mm).
Chemise: H: 11 7/16 in. (290 mm); W: 8 7/8 in. (225 mm); Depth: 2 3/8 in. (60 mm).
Book: H: 11 1/4 in. (286 mm); W: 8 9/16 in. (217 mm); Depth: 1 5/8 in. (41 mm).
Page: H: 11 in. (280 mm); W: 8 3/8 in. (213 mm).
Element: H: 11 1/4 in. (286 mm); W: 8 9/16 in. (217 mm); Depth: 1/2 in. (12 mm).
Leaf: H: 11 in. (279.4 mm); W: 8 in. (203.2 mm).
Chemise: H: 11 7/16 in. (290 mm); W: 8 7/8 in. (225 mm); Depth: 2 3/8 in. (60 mm).
Book: H: 11 1/4 in. (286 mm); W: 8 9/16 in. (217 mm); Depth: 1 5/8 in. (41 mm).
Page: H: 11 in. (280 mm); W: 8 3/8 in. (213 mm).
Element: H: 11 1/4 in. (286 mm); W: 8 9/16 in. (217 mm); Depth: 1/2 in. (12 mm).
Leaf: H: 11 in. (279.4 mm); W: 8 in. (203.2 mm).
MediumReproductions: 29 line block reproductions of etchings on Casteljoux cream wove paper, plus an extra suite of the reproductions.
Text: photolithography in black with red (typeface: Garamond Italic).
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number
1984.731
Not on View
cf. Strachan, W. J., The Artist and the Book in France: The 20th Century livre d'artiste, New York, 1969, p. 338
cf. Hogben, Carol, Rowan Watson, editors, From Manet to Hockney: Modern Artists’ Illustrated Books, London, 1985, no. 95
cf. Wheeler, Monroe, Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators, New York, 1946, p. 107
cf. Castleman, Riva, A Century of Artists' Books, New York, 1994, pp. 92-93
cf. Johnson, Robert Flynn, Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870--2000: The Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books, San Francisco, 2001, no. 101.
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