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

André Derain, François Rabelais (author)

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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 Number

2018.45.1

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