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La machine à écrire: pièce en trois actes

A work made of one-quarter vellum binding with cream paper sides repeatedly stamped with an upper case m in red and black; author and title stamped in gold on spine; original paper covers bound in.

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  • A work made of one-quarter vellum binding with cream paper sides repeatedly stamped with an upper case m in red and black; author and title stamped in gold on spine; original paper covers bound in.

Date:

Published 1941; rebound 1941-1950

Artist:

Mary Reynolds (American, 1891-1950)
Written by Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Special Collections

Artist

Mary Reynolds

Title

La machine à écrire: pièce en trois actes

Place

Paris (Object made in)

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1941

Medium

One-quarter vellum binding with cream paper sides repeatedly stamped with an upper case M in red and black; author and title stamped in gold on spine; original paper covers bound in

Dimensions

19.1 × 12.8 × 2.9 cm (7 9/16 × 5 1/16 × 1 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Mary Reynolds Collection, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries

Reference Number

2019.175

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