Les Horribles et Espovantables Faictz et Prouesses du Très Renommé Pantagruel, Roy des Dipsodes, fils du Grand Géant Gargantua (The Horrible and Terrifying Deeds and Words of the Very Renowned Pantagruel, King of the Dipsodes, Son of the Great Giant Gargantua)

1943

André Derain

Artist, French, 1880 - 1954

François Rabelais

Author, French, c. 1490 - probably 1553

Roger Lacourière

Printer, French, 1892 - 1966

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    unbound volume with 179 color woodcuts, inked à la poupée, including 39 full-page woodcuts, 89 smaller woodcuts, 34 initials, and 17 decorative ornaments, on Vélin d'Arches wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    book: 34.8 × 28.5 × 4 cm (13 11/16 × 11 1/4 × 1 9/16 in.)
    case: 36 × 29.3 × 6 cm (14 3/16 × 11 9/16 × 2 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.45.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William Wyer Rare Books, Jackson WY); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed in black ink on justification page: a Derain

Watermarks

Arches


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