Le vrai visage du Marquis de Sade

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Special Collections

Artist

Mary Reynolds

Title

Le vrai visage du Marquis de Sade

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.

1939

Medium

Full red morocco (goatskin) binding with diagonal false bands on spine; black calfskin leather spine label with author and title stamped in gold; black endpapers; original paper covers bound in

Inscriptions

Inscription on half-title: “A Mary Reynolds / si bienfaisante, que / j'aime tendrement et / respectueusement / Jean Desbordes” (“To Mary Reynolds / so gracious, whom / I love tenderly and / respectfully / Jean Desbordes”)

Dimensions

21.1 × 13.1 × 3 cm (8 5/16 × 5 3/16 × 1 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Mary Reynolds Collection, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries

Reference Number

2019.177

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