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Vignettes lorgnettes (Ler dla canpane)

Artist Jean Dubuffet (French, 1901-1985)
Publisher Galerie Beyeler (Basel, 1963)
Author Jean Dubuffet (French, 1901-1985)
Date1963
DimensionsBox: H: 13 5/8 in. (346 mm); W: 10 11/16 in. (272 mm); Depth: 1 3/8 in. (35 mm).
Sheet (untrimmed): H: 1 in. (25.4 mm).
Book: H: 12 13/16 in. (325 mm); W: 10 1/16 in. (255 mm); Depth: 11/16 in. (17 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 12 7/16 in. (316 mm); W: 9 3/4 in. (247 mm).
Sheet (untrimmed): H: 12 5/8 in. (321 mm); W: 9 7/8 in. (251 mm).
MediumLinoleum and woodcut prints
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number
1984.425
Not on View
DescriptionOrignal prints: 13 linoleum cuts and 11 woodcuts (cut from shoe polish boxes, camembert box bottoms). Original woodblock: woodblock for "Trois personnages," no. 21, is mounted and matted to accompany the book. Reproduction: line block reproduction of a drawing with handwritten title. Text: letterpress with line block reproductions of handwritten text printed over lithographed tone blocks (typeface: Garamond?). Paper: Richard de Bas auvergne laid paper
Published ReferencesWebel, Sophie, preface by Daniel Abadie, L'Oeuvre gravé et les livres illustrés par Jean Dubuffet, Catalogue raisonné / I, Paris, 1991, pp. 57-63.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Modern Woodcuts, May 5 - July 24, 2000.

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