Eaux-fortes originales pour des textes de Buffon (Histoire naturelle)
1942
Printer
Publisher, French
Bookbinder, French, 1907 - 1970
Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973
Printer, French, 1892 - 1966
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with letterpress text and 1 drawing in black pen and ink of a cock on blank page facing title; 31 liftground aquatints on Japan Super-Nacre, some with etching, drypoint, engraving, and/or roulette; an additional suite of the same 31 prints on China paper, plus "La puce"
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
book: 37.7 × 29.2 × 4.5 cm (14 13/16 × 11 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)
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Accession
2014.112.25
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Catalogue Raisonné
Baer 1986-1996, nos. 575-606, final states
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; bequest of Mrs. Paul Mellon to NGA, 2014.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1986
Baer, Brigette. Picasso peintre-graveur. 5 vols and Addendum. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1986 (vol. 3); 1988 (vol. 4); 1989 (vol. 5); 1994 (vol. 6); 1996 (vol. 7 and Addendum). See volumes 1 and 2 under Geiser/Baer 1990-1992: nos. 575-606, state ii/ii B
Inscriptions
in black ink on title page: pour Monsieur / Etienne Vautheret / Picasso / PARis 6 Octobre 1942; stamped in gold inside front cover: J. ANTHOINE LEGRAIN