Minuits pour géants

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Minuits pour géants

Artist Yves Tanguy (French, 1900-1955)

Publisher Bordas ([Paris], 1949)

Printer text: G. Girard, Paris; etchings: Roger Lacourière, [Paris]

Author Tristan Tzara (French (born Romania), 1896-1963)

Date1949

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 6 in. (152 mm); W: 4 13/16 in. (122 mm); Depth: 3 3/8 in. (86 mm).
Book: H: 5 5/8 in. (143 mm); W: 4 9/16 in. (116 mm); Depth: 3/4 in. (19 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 5 5/8 in. (143 mm); W: 4 5/16 in. (110 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 7 etchings with aquatint in colors. Text: letterpress. Paper: hand-made Auvergne Richard de Bas cream laid paper, watermarked: RICHARD DE BAS.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.948B

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Published Referencescf. Garvey, Eleanor M., The Artist & the Book, 1860--1960, Boston, 1961, no. 298, repr.

cf. Johnson, Robert Flynn, Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870--2000: The Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books, San Francisco, 2001, nos. 57, 125.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, Feb. 14--May 11, 2003.