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Prometheus (Prométhée)

Date:

1950

Artist:

Henry Spencer Moore (English, 1898-1986)
written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German, 1749-1832)
translated by André Gide (French, 1869-1951)
published by Henri Jonquières (French, 1895-1975) and P.A. Nicaise (French, 20th century)
printed by Mourlot Frères (French, 20th century)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Henry Moore

Title

Prometheus (Prométhée)

Place

England (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.

1950

Medium

Book with fourteen color lithographs on ivory wove paper, in box

Dimensions

Box: 40.9 × 31.1 × 0.4 cm (16 1/8 × 12 1/4 × 3/16 in.); Book: 39.1 × 29.2 × 2.9 cm (15 7/16 × 11 1/2 × 1 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg in memory of Bessie Kisloff Braude, Esq.

Reference Number

2014.506

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London

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