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16 Fable Posters by Paul Colin

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16 Fable Posters by Paul Colin

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1952? 16 Fable Posters by Paul Colin. €10 each at Marché Malassis, Saint-Ouen, July, '12. Sixteen posters out of a set of, apparently, 23. 11⅜" x 15¾". Imageries Réunies de Jarville-Nancy. All are between Planche Nr. 2001 and Planche Nr. 2023. Similar in concept to the broadsides of Maison Quantin and Pellerin, these lovely posters include a rectangle of print with a plain background somewhere in their portrait presentation of a single scene from the fable. Colin is admired as one of the greats of French poster-art. This find was the beginning of a lovely -- and expensive! -- Sunday at "Les Puces"! I found these on my own in the first shop I entered; Malassis is an antiques market on the way to my favorite book market, Marché Dauphine. I had to ask the dealer to hold these for me, and I would pick them up at the end of the day. They were a serious issue when I packed my overstuffed bags to leave Paris three and a half weeks later! Now of course I need to find the other four posters! Lacking are #2004, 2007, 2009, 2020, 2011, 2014, and 2015. I have an extra copy of "Conseil tenu par les Rats"; "Le Vieillard et les trois jeunes Hommes"; "Les Grenouilles qui demandent un Roi"; "Le Chêne et le Roseau"; "Le Geai paré des Plumes du Paon"; and "Le Pot de Terre et le Pot de Fer." Scroll down if you do not yet see pictures!

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This find was the beginning of a lovely -- and expensive! -- Sunday at "Les Puces"! I found these on my own in the first shop I entered; Malassis is an antiques market on the way to my favorite book market, Marché Dauphine. I had to ask the dealer to hold these for me, and I would pick them up at the end of the day. They were a serious issue when I packed my overstuffed bags to leave Paris three and a half weeks later! Now of course I need to find the other four posters! Lacking are #2004, 2007, 2009, 2020, 2011, 2014, and 2015. I have an extra copy of "Conseil tenu par les Rats"; "Le Vieillard et les trois jeunes Hommes"; "Les Grenouilles qui demandent un Roi"; "Le Chêne et le Roseau"; "Le Geai paré des Plumes du Paon"; and "Le Pot de Terre et le Pot de Fer."

Collection

Carlson Fable Collection

Citation

“16 Fable Posters by Paul Colin,” Creighton University Libraries: Archives & Special Collections, accessed November 16, 2024, https://creightonarchives.omeka.net/items/show/988.

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