Les Pastorales de Longus, ou Daphnis & Chloé

Artist Aristide Maillol (French, 1861-1944)

Publisher A. Zwemmer, London, 1937

Author Longus (Greek, Active 2nd-3rd centuries CE)

Date1937

Dimensionsslipcase: 9 1/4 x 5 15/16 x 1 5/8 in. (235 x 151 x 41mm)
chemise: 9 x 5 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (228 x 146 x 35mm)
book: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 15/16 in. (216 x 139 x 24mm)
page (untrimmed): 7 15/16 x 5 1/4 in. (202 x 133mm)

MediumOriginal drawings: 2 drawings in sanguine pencil Original prints: 56 wood engravings (inc. 55 in olive, 1 in black--cover), plus suite of 55 wood engravings in black, incl. variants, 1st states, and proofs from preliminary blocks Text: letterpress (typeface: Caslon) Paper: laid Maillol, watermarked MK [Maillol Kessler]

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1979.28A-FFF

Not on View

Published Referencescf. Garvey, Eleanor M., The artist & the book, 1860--1960, Boston, 1961, no. 174, repr. cf. The Frank Crowninshield Collection of Modern French Illustrated Books, New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1943, no. 474 cf. Strachan, W. J., The Artist and the Book in France; The 20th Century livre d'artiste, New York, 1969, p. 337Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Artist As Illustrator, March 21 - June 21,1981.

Toledo Museum of Art, Drawn from Classicism: Modern Artists’ Books, September 9-December 10, 2017. Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI. 1986-87.