Vivantes cendres, innommées

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Vivantes cendres, innommées

Artist Alberto Giacometti Swiss, 1901-1966

Publisher Jean Hugues, Paris, 1961

Printer etchings: Société O.S. (Georges Visat), Paris; text: l’Imprimerie Union, Paris

Author Michel Leiris French, 1901-1990

Date1961

DimensionsBook: H: 13 1/4 in. (336 mm); W: 10 1/4 in. (260 mm); W: 1 5/16 in. (33 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 12 13/16 in. (325 mm); W: 9 15/16 in. (252 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 19 etchings, incl. a suite of 6 rejected etchings. Text: letterpress (typeface: Deberny & Peignot Garamont italic). Paper: Rives BFK wove, watermarked.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.510B

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Published Referencescf. Lust, Herbert C., Giacometti: The Complete Graphics, New York, 1970, nos. 108--126

cf. Strachan, W. J., The Artist and the Book in France: The 20th Century livre d'artiste, New York, 1969, p. 190, 333, 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, no. 141.