print;
book of prints
- Museum number
- 1949,0411.5002.1-28
- Title
- Object: Autour des Fortifications
- Description
-
27 prints showing scenes of daily life in Paris and environs, including frontispiece. Individually mounted, signed by the artist, and bound with original prospectus.
Wood-engravings, printed on India paper
- Production date
- 1909
- Dimensions
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Height: 430 millimetres (size of each mount)
-
Width: 315 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- No. 20 in an edition of 35.
Prospectus, embellished with vignettes printed in colour, gives details and prices of the set. The total of 24 prints was 350 Francs in all.
This volume has three extra impressions, namley, alternate states of No. 2 (Le Point du Jour) and No. 3 (Le débarcadère des Bateaux-Omnibus), and a smaller version of No. 12 (Bateau-logement du passeur à Billancourt).
Four volumes of wood-engravings by Lepère (all printed by Desmoulins in Paris, 1908-1910) are located at 247*.a.14 to 17.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Autour des Fortifications
- Acquisition date
- 1949
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1949,0411.5002.1-28
