Research Catalog

Title

Grisou : le lion, la fenêtre / Oscar Dominguez, Marcel Jean.

Author

Domínguez, Oscar, 1906-1957

Publication

[Paris?] JLM, 1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Jean, Marcel, 1900-1993
• Mercié, Jean Luc
• Hofer, Jean
• S.I.S.A. (Firm : Paris, France), printer of plates.

Description

11 folded sheets (43 unnumbered pages) : 16 illustrations; 23 x 28 cm

Summary

• Consists of 11 bifolia: 2 bifolia containing half title, title page and preface by Marcel Jean; 8 bifolia containing the illustrations, numbered in blind 1-8 on first recto; and bifolium containing postscript and colophon.
• Illustrations are on rectos of the numbered bifolia, with captions on the otherwise blank facing pages. Comprise 16 full-page reproductions of monotypes executed in decalcomania and pochoir by Domínguez and Jean in collaboration; created in 1936 for a work to be published by GLM in 1937 with a preface by André Breton. A prospectus was issued, but publication was canceled; the preface was never written.
• Blank bifolia at beginning and end, not counted in collation. All but the 5 copies reserved for the author and publisher are accompanied by 1 or 2 original monotypes, not counted in collation.

Subjects

• Windows in art
• Artists' books > France > 20th century
• Domínguez, Oscar, 1906-1957
• Jean, Marcel, 1900-1993
• Lion in art
• Decalcomania > Facsimiles

Genre/Form

Artists' books – France – 20th century.

Note

• "L'édition orginal comprend vingt-cinq exemplaires: 3 exemplaires sur Tiepolo pur chiffon marqués I, II, III, comportant un monotype original d'Oscar Dominguez et un monotype original conjoint d'Oscar Dominguez et de Marcel Jean; 7 exemplaires sur vélin de Rives numérotés de 4 à 10 comportant un monotype original d'Oscar Dominguez; 10 exemplaires sur vélin de Rives numérotés de 11 à 20 comportant un monotype original conjoint d'Oscar Dominguez et de Marcel Jean; 5 exemplaires réservés à l'auteur et à l'éditeur"--Colophon.
• "Announcé par GLM [Paris publisher Guy Lévis Mano] en 1937, Grisou paraît chez JLM en 1990"--Postscript, page 42, signed "JLM." The publisher is Jean-Luc Mercié; see: Mercié, Jean-Luc. "Grisou : la parte del león," in Sueños de tinta : Oscar Domínguez y la decalcomanía del deseo. ©1993, pages 19-21.
• "Tous les monotypies originaux ont été exécutés, à Paris, en 1936 ... Les reproductions de Grisou ont été tirées en phototypie par les ateliers S.I.S.A. à Paris et la typographie par Hofer à Gentilly en decembre 1990"--Colophon.

Binding (note)

• Issued unbound, in gray paper portfolio with "Grisou" printed in blind on front cover; in chemise of patterned paper with black morocco spine and patterned paper covered slipcase.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 1990 15-77

OCLC

936216322

Author

Domínguez, Oscar, 1906-1957, artist.

Title

Grisou : le lion, la fenêtre / Oscar Dominguez, Marcel Jean.

Publisher

[Paris?] JLM, 1990.

Edition

Édition originale

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

volume

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy is one of five not offered for sale, inscribed: "HC, d'auteur, JLM."

Binding

Issued unbound, in gray paper portfolio with "Grisou" printed in blind on front cover; in chemise of patterned paper with black morocco spine and patterned paper covered slipcase.

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy: Without chemise and slipcase.

Place of Publication

France Paris.

Added Author

Jean, Marcel, 1900-1993, artist, writer of preface.

Mercié, Jean Luc, publisher.

Hofer, Jean, printer.

S.I.S.A. (Firm : Paris, France), printer of plates.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 1990 15-77