Picture Book
1933
Artist, American, born France, 1898 - 1979
Author, French, 1868 - 1955
Printer
Printer, American, 1897 - 1993
Designer, American, 1893 - 1975
Publisher
Jean Charlot and Paul Claudel
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with thirty-two chromolithographs on wove paper in a cardboard slipcase
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
book: 27.94 × 21.91 × 1.59 cm (11 × 8 5/8 × 5/8 in.)
case: 28.58 × 22.54 × 1.91 cm (11 1/4 × 8 7/8 × 3/4 in.) -
Accession Number
2016.148.19.1-32
Associated Artworks
See all 32 artworksIn Church
Jean Charlot, Will A. Kistler Company, John Becker
1933
The Rocking Chair
Jean Charlot, Will A. Kistler Company, John Becker
1933
Fiesta Head-dress
Jean Charlot, Will A. Kistler Company, John Becker
1933
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(S.F. Art Book Fair, San Francisco, California, sale, 1991); acquired at sale by Bob Stana and Tom Judy, Washington, D.C., 1991; gift to NGA, 2016.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
center right colophon in black ink: 401. / Jean / Charlot / Lynton R. Kistler / Merle Armitage; printed text on colophon:: These 32 original chromolitho- / graphs were drawn directly on the / plates by Jean Charlot, and printed / under the technical supervision of / Will A. Kistler. Format designed / by Merle Armitage. Type hand- / set by Lynton R. Kistler. Printed / at the plant of the Will A. Kistler / Company. Offset presswork by / Edward Broughton. Limited to / 500 numbered copies signed by / Jean Charlot, Lynton R. Kistler / and Merle Armitage. Copies 1 to / 32 inclusive contain a set of the progressive proofs. / Los Angeles, 1933