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Le surmâle: Roman moderne

A work made of full black morocco binding with onlay; metal corset stay attached to spine; title stamped in gold on spine; decorated endpapers; original paper covers bound in.

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  • A work made of full black morocco binding with onlay; metal corset stay attached to spine; title stamped in gold on spine; decorated endpapers; original paper covers bound in.

Date:

Published 1945; rebound 1945-1950

Artist:

Mary Reynolds (American, 1891-1950)
Written by Alfred Jarry (French, 1873-1907)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Special Collections

Artist

Mary Reynolds

Title

Le surmâle: Roman moderne

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.

1945

Medium

Full black morocco binding with onlay; metal corset stay attached to spine; title stamped in gold on spine; decorated endpapers; original paper covers bound in

Dimensions

22.3 × 13.7 × 2.2 cm (8 13/16 × 5 7/16 × 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Mary Reynolds Collection, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries

Reference Number

2019.179

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