Research Catalog

Title

Lespugue / Robert Ganzo ; avec onze lithographies originales de Jean Fautrier.

Author

Ganzo, Robert, 1898-1995

Publication

• [Paris] : Robert Ganzo, Jean Fautrier, 1942.
• Paris : Durand.
• Paris : Mourlot.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fautrier, Jean, 1898-1964
• Durand & Cie, printer.
• Mourlot frères, printer of plates.

Description

13 folded sheets (47 pages, 2 unnumbered pages) : 11 illustrations; 29 x 36 cm

Summary

• Poems by Ganzo and images by Fautrier, inspired by the Paleolithic figurine known as the Venus of Lespugue, which was excavated near Lespugue, France, in 1922 and is at present in the Musée de l'homme, Paris.
• Consists of 13 bifolia in two-leaf gatherings, printed on rectos of leaves only; the blank versos are included in the paging. The leaf following the dedication (counted in paging as pages 5-6) and the last leaf are blank; last leaf not counted in collation, above. The text is printed in black and bistre, the lithographs in black and shades of gray, bluish-gray and violet-gray. There are 10 full-page lithographs and one smaller lithograph.

Subject

• Fautrier, Jean, 1898-1964
• Figurines, Prehistoric > Poetry
• Gravettian culture > Poetry
• Mother goddesses > Poetry
• Venus deities > Poetry
• Mother goddesses in art
• Venus deities in art

Genre/Form

Livres d'artistes – France – 20th century.

Note

• 123 copies printed, of which 101 are numbered 1-101 and 22 lettered A-V. "Tous ces exemplaires sont numérotés ou marqués à la presse et signés par Robert Ganzo et Jean Fautrier"--Colophon. Numbered copies 1-11 and lettered copies A-B contain an additional suite of the prints and varying numbers of original drawings; copy B also contains "tous les documents ayant servi à l'édition"; except for copy B, these copies are printed on Japon nacré paper. See colophon.
• The present record describes the ordinary copies: "Quatre-vingt-dix exemplaires sur papier de Chine, numérotés de 12 à 101 ... Vingt exemplaires sur papier de Chine, marqués de C à V et réservés à l'auteur et l'artiste"--Colophon.
• "La présente édition de Lespugue a été établie par les soins de Robert Ganzo et de Jean Fautrier. Le texte, composé en caractères Garamond, corps vingt-quatre, a été achevé d'imprimer par Durand, à Paris, le vingt-et-un mars mil neuf cent quarante-deux. Les lithographies ont été tirées sur les presses de Mourlot, à Paris"--Colophon.

Indexed In (note)

• Monod, L. Manuel de l'amateur de livres illustrés modernes, 1875-1975
• Strachan, W.J. Artist and the book in France
• Mason, R.M. Jean Fautrier, les estampes

Binding (note)

• Issued unbound, in printed paper covers.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 1942 16-34

OCLC

9631814

Author

Ganzo, Robert, 1898-1995, author.

Title

Lespugue / Robert Ganzo ; avec onze lithographies originales de Jean Fautrier.

Publisher

[Paris] : Robert Ganzo, Jean Fautrier, 1942.

Manufacturer

Text: Paris : Durand.

Lithographs: Paris : Mourlot.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

sheet

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy is lettered E; signed by Ganzo and Fautrier.

Indexed In:

Monod, L. Manuel de l'amateur de livres illustrés modernes, 1875-1975, entry 5112

Strachan, W.J. Artist and the book in France, page 331

Mason, R.M. Jean Fautrier, les estampes, entries 74-84, pages 45-48

Binding

Issued unbound, in printed paper covers.

Place of Publication

France Paris.

Added Author

Fautrier, Jean, 1898-1964, illustrator, lithographer.

Durand & Cie, printer.

Mourlot frères, printer of plates.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 1942 16-34