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Cent comptines

Artist Pierre Roy (French, 1880-1950)

Publisher Henri Jonquières et cie., Paris, 1926

Printer text and woodcuts: Kadar, Paris; color: Nervet

Date1926

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 11 7/16 in. (290 mm); W: 9 1/8 in. (232 mm); Depth: 9/16 in. (14 mm).
Book: H: 11 1/8 in. (282 mm); W: 8 15/16 in. (227 mm); Depth: 5/16 in. (8 mm).
Page: H: 10 13/16 in. (275 mm); W: 8 1/2 in. (216 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 45 color wood engravings with added pochoir, incl. original cover, plus 29 wood-engraved ornaments with added pochoir (2 designs repeated with variant pochoirs). Text: letterpress (typeface: Ratio Extra Bold). Paper: beige laid Arches paper.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.1031

Not on View

Published Referencescf. Wheeler, Monroe, Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators, New York, 1946, p. 110

cf. The Frank Crowninshield Collection of Modern French Illustrated Books, New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1943, no. 694.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Modern Woodcuts, May 5 - July 24, 2000 (J'entre dans un petit cabinet... and Pettie fille de Paris...).