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Maison de santé

A work made of full vellum binding with star-shaped cutouts on front and back covers with black threads; title on front cover in black ink; author stamped in gold on spine; maroon endpapers; original paper covers bound in.

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  • A work made of full vellum binding with star-shaped cutouts on front and back covers with black threads; title on front cover in black ink; author stamped in gold on spine; maroon endpapers; original paper covers bound in.

Date:

Published 1926; rebound 1930-1950

Artist:

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

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 289

Department

Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Special Collections

Artist

Mary Reynolds

Title

Maison de santé

Place

Paris (Object made in:)

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1926

Medium

Full vellum binding with star-shaped cutouts on front and back covers with black threads; title on front cover in black ink; author stamped in gold on spine; maroon endpapers; original paper covers bound in

Edition

Number 33 of 500 printed on Rives paper, numbered and signed by Cocteau

Inscriptions

Signed in ink on the half-title and on verso of the title page

Dimensions

28.8 × 22.1 × 1.5 cm (11 3/8 × 8 3/4 × 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Mary Reynolds Collection, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries

Reference Number

2019.174

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