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Les yeux fertiles

A work made of full ostrich binding; decorated endpapers; author and title stamped in gold on spine label; original paper covers bound in.

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  • A work made of full ostrich binding; decorated endpapers; author and title stamped in gold on spine label; original paper covers bound in.

Date:

Published 1936; rebound 1936-1950

Artist:

Mary Reynolds (American, 1891-1950)
Written by Paul Éluard (French, 1895-1952)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Special Collections

Artist

Mary Reynolds

Title

Les yeux fertiles

Place

Paris (Object made in)

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.

1936

Medium

Full ostrich binding; decorated endpapers; author and title stamped in gold on spine label; original paper covers bound in

Inscriptions

Inscribed: à Georges Hugnet, un des rares poètes que j'aime et bien. Paul Eluard

Dimensions

12.5 × 19.3 × 2.5 cm (4 15/16 × 7 5/8 × 1 in.)

Credit Line

Mary Reynolds Collection Fund, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries

Reference Number

2019.933

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