Du Cubisme

Artist Albert Gleizes (French, 1881-1953)

Author Jean Metzinger (French, 1883-1957)

Publisher Compagnie française des arts graphiques, Paris, 1947

Printer text: R. Girard & Cie., Paris plates: Compagnie française des Arts graphiques, [Paris]

Place of OriginFrance

Date1947

Dimensionsslipcase: 10 7/8 x 8 7/8 x 1 3/8 in. (277 x 225 x 35mm)
chemise: 10 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. (273 x 222 x 28mm)
book: 10 x 8 3/8 x 7/8 in. (254 x 213 x 23mm)
page: 10 x 8 in. (254 x 203mm)

MediumOriginal prints: 5 etchings (Picasso, after Derain, Laurencin, Villon, Duchamp), 2 aquatints (after Braque, after Léger), 4 drypoints (Metzinger, Gleizes, after Gris, Picabia) Text: letterpress Paper: cream wove Lana paper, watermarked

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1979.22B-L

Not on View

Label TextThis book was a new edition of a text first published in 1912, when the cubism style was relatively new. This new edition contained 7 original prints by Picasso, Metzinger, Laurencin, Gleizes, Picabia, Villon and Duchamp. Picasso's etching L'Homme au Chapeau dated from 1914, when he had illustrated Le Siège de Jerusalem.Published Referencescf. Johnson, Robert Flynn, Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870--2000: The Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books, San Francisco, 2001, no. 122