Bagatelles végétales

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Bagatelles végétales

Artist Joan Miró Spanish, 1893-1983

Publisher Jean Aubier, Paris, 1956

Printer text: Henri Collas, Paris; etchings: Roger Lacourière, Paris (Jacques and Robert Frélaut, pressmen)

Author Michel Leiris French, 1901-1990

Date1956

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 9 3/4 in. (248 mm); W: 7 3/4 in. (197 mm); Depth: 1 in. (25 mm).
Chemise: H: 9 5/8 in. (245 mm); W: 7 1/2 in. (191 mm); Depth: 13/16 in. (20 mm).
Book: H: 9 7/16 in. (239 mm); W: 7 7/16 in. (189 mm); Depth: 3/4 in. (19 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 9 1/8 in. (231 mm); W: 7 1/8 in. (181 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 6 etchings with aquatint in colors, incl. 2 with added fingerprints in red and green. Text: letterpress (typeface: Caslon). Paper: Auvergne laid paper.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.778

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Published Referencescf. Garvey, Eleanor M., The Artist & the Book, 1860--1960, Boston, 1961, no. 207

cf. Cramer, Patrick, ed., Joan Miró, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue raisonné, Geneva, 1989, no. 33, col. reprs.

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. 133.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Bareiss Collection of Illustrated Books from Toulouse-Lautrec to Kiefer, 1985, no. 49

Toledo Museum of Art, Magical Miró: Books and Prints from the Bareiss Collection, Feb. 14-May 11, 2003.

Label TextAs the colophon states, the red fingerprint on the frontispiece was placed by the artist himself.