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André Derain, François Rabelais (author)

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

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Medium

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

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.)

Credit Line

Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

Accession Number

2018.45.1

Artists / Makers

André Derain (artist) French, 1880 - 1954

François Rabelais (author) French, c. 1490 - probably 1553

Roger Lacourière (printer) French, 1892 - 1966

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signed in black ink on justification page: a Derain

Provenance

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

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William Wyer Rare Books

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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

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