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Poèmes

Title: Poèmes / Marc Chagall ; gravures originales sur bois de Marc Chagall.
Author: Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985.
Publication: Genève : Cramer éditeur, 1968.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	By appointment only	Spencer Coll. Swiss 1968 92-316	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Description

29 folded sheets (105, [10] p.) : 24 col. ill.; 38 cm.

Uniform Title

Poems. French. Selections

Alternative Title

Poems.

Genre/Form

Typefaces (Type evidence) – Baskerville.

Note

Poems originally written in Russian or Yiddish, most of them between 1930 and 1964, except for one dated 1909. Translated into French by Philippe Jaccottet and Assia Lassaigne after a version by Moshe Lazar, with the collaboration of the poet. Cf. "Note," p. [109].
Consists of 31 bifolia; first and last blank, not counted in collation.
Illustrations: 24 prints from 138 blocks : wood engraving, col. ; full-page. Printed by Jacques Frélaut and Jaime Herrera at Atelier Lacourière et Frélaut. "Le tirage, comportant plus de 41,000 passages, a duré deux années"--Prospectus.
Laid in: "Notice à joindre à l'ouvrage" (envelope with 2 prospectuses).
Issued unbound, in double white paper covers, natural linen portfolio and slipcase.

Indexed In (note)

Sorlier, C. Marc Chagall, le livre des livres

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Swiss 1968 92-316

LCCN

78383282

OCLC

NYPG92-B58258

Author

Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985.

Title

Poèmes / Marc Chagall ; gravures originales sur bois de Marc Chagall.

Imprint

Genève : Cramer éditeur, 1968.

Indexed In:

Sorlier, C. Marc Chagall, le livre des livres, p. 122-123

Local Note

238 copies printed by Fequet et Baudier, Paris, from Baskerville type, of which 226 were offered for sale. No. 174 of 200 copies (numbered 27-226) for sale on Rives wove paper with watermark designed by the artist; signed in pencil by the poet/artist.

Added Author

Jaccottet, Philippe.

Lassaigne, Assia.

Lazar, Moshe, 1928-2012.

Fequet et Baudier. Printer

Atelier Lacourière-Frelaut, printer of plates.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Swiss 1968 92-316

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