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Les Géorgiques
Illustrated by: Aristide Joseph Bonaventure Maillol (French, 1861–1944)
Author: Virgil (born in 70 B.C.E.)
Printer and Publisher: Philippe Gonin (French, 20th century)
Author: Virgil (born in 70 B.C.E.)
Printer and Publisher: Philippe Gonin (French, 20th century)
1937–50
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 122 woodcuts, plus portfolio with variant printings of cuts
Dimensions
Overall (each vol. (depth variable)): 32.7 x 24.5 x 3 cm (12 7/8 x 9 5/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Wick
Accession Number60.1486a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Philippe Gonin, 1937[-1950]
Catalogue Raisonné
Artist & the Book 175; Rewald, Maillol woodcuts, 156-61, pp. xxx-xxxii
Description(Paris: Philippe Gonin, 1937[-1950]) Folio, two vols. plus portfolio of prints, unbound; (v. 1) [1 f.] 174 pp. [1 f.]; (v. 2) [1 f.] 154 pp. [1 f.]; (portfolio) two suites of separate woodcuts, one printed in black, one in sanguine (each in publisher's pictorial wrappers), plus ten early woodcut proofs printed in sanguine; original publisher's printed wrappers, white paper board slipcases.
Literary illustrations.
Literary illustrations.
ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Peter A. Wick, Boston, by whom given to MFA, December 14, 1960.