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
Artist, French, 1880 - 1954
Author, French, c. 1490 - probably 1553
Printer, French, 1892 - 1966
Artwork overview
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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
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Credit Line
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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