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Twelve Fables of Aesop
Illustrated by: Antonio Frasconi (Uruguayan (born in Argentina, active in the United States) 1919–2013)
Author: Aesop
Author: Glenway Wescott (American, 1901–1987)
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
Printer: Spiral Press (American, 1926–1971)
Author: Aesop
Author: Glenway Wescott (American, 1901–1987)
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
Printer: Spiral Press (American, 1926–1971)
1954
Place of Publication: Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Place of Publication: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 20 linoleum cuts
Dimensions
Overall: 27.2 x 19.6 x 1.1 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 x 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number63.734
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1954
Catalogue Raisonné
Artist & the Book 111
Description(New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1954) 27.2 cm; [17 ff.]; original publisher's half gilt-stamped red cloth, decorative printed paper boards (publisher's original black paper slipcase with additional linoleum cut label).
Signed
Pen and dark blue ink: Antonio Frasconi / glenway westcott / J p Blumenthal"
ProvenanceW. G. Russell Allen (b. 1883 - d. 1955), Boston; 1963, bequest of W. G. Russell Allen to the MFA. (Accession date: June 19, 1963)
Copyright© Antonio Frasconi