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Micrographie Décorative

1931

Laure Albin Guillot

Associated Names

Laure Albin Guillot

Artist, French, French, 1879 - 1962

This is a photograph of a spiral-bound book cover. The cover features the text "MICROGRAPHIE DÉCORATIVE" in large, bold, uppercase letters, centered on a textured, light beige background. The text is printed in a muted gray tone. The book is bound with a black spiral wire on the left side, accompanied by a dark strip running parallel to the binding. The background exhibits subtle geometric patterns.

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Artwork overview

Medium

bound volume of 20 photogravures
Credit Line

R. K. Mellon Family Foundation and Pepita Millmore Memorial Fund
Dimensions

closed: 42.55 × 38.1 cm (16 3/4 × 15 in.)
open: 42.55 × 73.66 × 3.81 cm (16 3/4 × 29 × 1 1/2 in.)
image (each): 27.31 × 21.59 cm (10 3/4 × 8 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

2023.35.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Étienne Perrigot (1902-1979), Paris. (The Old Print Shop, New York); NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

The Old Print Shop

Exhibition History

2023

Etched by Light: Photogravures from the Collection, 1840 – 1940, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2023 - 2024

Inscriptions

on inside of front cover, a library label printed in black ink, glued to upper left corner: EX-LIBRIS / E. PERRIGOT;
printed in black ink on colophon, center: ACHEVÉ D'IMPRIMER / EN AVRIL 1931 / SUR LES PRESSES / DE / DRAEGER FRÈRES; on second page of colophon, center: IL A ÉTÉ TIRÉ / DE CET OUVRAGE / CINQ EXEMPLAIRES / HORS-SÉRIE / NUMÉROTÉS / H.-S. 1 A H.-S. 5 / ET TROIS CENTS EXEMPLAIRES / ORDINAIRES NUMÉROTÉS / DE 6 A 305 / EXEMPLAIRE / No 218; on title page, center: LAURE ALBIN GUILLOT / MICROGRAPHIE / DÉCORATIVE / PRÉFACE DE M. PAUL LÉON / DIRECTUR GÉNÉRAL DES BEAUX-ARTS

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