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Author: Jean de La Fontaine (French, 1621–1695)
Illustrated by: Hans Fischer (Swiss, 1909–1958)
Publisher: André Gonin (French/Swiss, 20th century)
Illustrated by: Hans Fischer (Swiss, 1909–1958)
Publisher: André Gonin (French/Swiss, 20th century)
1948
Place of Publication: Lausanne, Switzerland
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 87 lithographs, plus 5 proofs
Dimensions
Overall: 26.5 x 19.7 x 3 cm (10 7/16 x 7 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number60.250
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Lausanne: Editions André Gonin, 1948
Catalogue Raisonné
Artist & the Book 106
Description(Lausanne: Editions André Gonin, 1948) Quarto, unbound; 125 pp. [1 f.]; original publisher's printed ivory paper wrappers, half-vellum gray paper board portfolio and slipcase.
Literary illustrations
Published in an edition of 500 copies; this is one (no. V) of 25 copies reserved outside the edition for the collaborators, printed on Marais and containing an extra set of five proofs. This copy was printed for M. Jean Graven.
Literary illustrations
Published in an edition of 500 copies; this is one (no. V) of 25 copies reserved outside the edition for the collaborators, printed on Marais and containing an extra set of five proofs. This copy was printed for M. Jean Graven.
Signed
Pen and blue ink below colophon: "André Gonin"; pen and black ink "H Fischer"
ProvenanceGalerie Gérald Cramer, Geneva, from whom purchased by MFA, April 14, 1960.