Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé

Artist Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)

Publisher Albert Skira, Lausanne, 1932

Printer etchings: Roger Lacourière text: Léon Pinchon

Author Stéphane Mallarmé (French, 1842-1898)

Date1932

Dimensionsslipcase: 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 2 1/16 in. (346 x 270 x 53mm)
chemise: 13 1/4 x 10 1/2 x 1 7/8 in. (337 x 267 x 48mm)
book: 13 1/4 x 10 x 1 3/8 in. (337 x 254 x 35mm)
page (untrimmed): 13 1/16 x 9 7/8 in. (331 x 251mm)

MediumOriginal prints: 29 etchings Text: letterpress in black with red Paper: Arches cream wove paper, watermarked

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1980.1041

Not on View

Published Referencescf. Garvey, Eleanor M., The Artist & the Book, 1860--1960, Boston, 1961, no. 196 cf. Strachan, W. J., The Artist and the Book in France; The 20th Century livre d'artiste, New York, 1969, p. 338 cf. Hogben, Carol, Rowan Watson, editors, From Manet to Hockney: Modern Artists’ Illustrated Books, London, 1985, no. 95 cf. Wheeler, Monroe, Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators, New York, 1946, p. 107 cf. Castleman, Riva, A Century of Artists Books, New York, 1994, pp. 92-93 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. 101Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Matisse Books, November 7, 1999 - January 22, 2000. Pages shown: 8,9, 54,55. TMA: The Artist As Illustrator, Mar. 21, - June 21,1981 Being Modern: Fashion, Art & Identity Sept. 2 - Nov. 27 2005