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Text from Histoire naturelle

A work made of text pages from the previously bound text of 32 aquatint plates, text pages and, book cover.

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  • A work made of text pages from the previously bound text of 32 aquatint plates, text pages and, book cover.

Date:

published May 26, 1942

Artist:

written by Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788)
published by Martin Fabiani (French)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Pablo Picasso

Title

Text from Histoire naturelle

Place

Spain (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Published 1942

Medium

Text pages from the previously bound text of 32 aquatint plates, text pages and, book cover

Dimensions

36 × 28 cm (14 3/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund

Reference Number

1946.439.34

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