Contre Terre

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Contre Terre

Artist Germaine Richier (French, 1904-1959)

Publisher André and Pierre Gonin, Lausanne, 1958

Printer plates: Raymond Disteli, [s.l.]; text: André Kundig with Auguste Griess, Geneva

Binder Roger Veihl, [s.l.]

Author René de Solier (born 1914)

Date1958

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 15 in. (381 mm); W: 11 11/16 in. (297 mm); Depth: 2 3/4 in. (70 mm).
Chemise: H: 14 5/8 in. (371 mm); W: 11 9/16 in. (293 mm); Depth: 2 3/8 in. (60 mm).
Book: H: 14 9/16 in. (370 mm); W: 11 3/8 in. (289 mm); Depth: 1 7/8 in. (48 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 14 5/16 in. (364 mm); W: 11 7/16 in. (290 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 24 etchings, some with aquatint. Text: letterpress in black with brown (typeface: Garamond Italic). Paper: handmade cream laid pure rag Richard-de-Bas Auvergne.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.1009

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Published Referencescf. Strachan, W. J., The Artist and the Book in France: the 20th Century livre d'artiste, New York, 1969, p. 341, repr.