Le Renard et la Cigogne

Title

en_US Le Renard et la Cigogne

en_US Veres 6

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Lorioux, Félix

Date

2016-01-22T21:18:42Z

en_US 2015-06

en_US 2012

Date Available

2016-01-22T21:18:42Z

Date Issued

en_US 2012

Abstract

en_US Here is Paul Veres' excellent facsimile of Lorioux' original work from 1921. The colors are crisp. After all, it is the colors that attracted Paul in the first place. A viewer looking at the cover of this pamphlet has to be drawn to the long vertical line of the stork's bill at the moment of frustration at the fox's dinner. The fox's bright red curvaceous tongue makes a lovely contrast. That long line returns in the two payback pictures, third-to-last and second-to-last in Lorioux' series. The artist also pays close attention to the dress of the two characters, including the fox's top hat, glasses, and spats. Little animals frolic in the outdoor scenes, while a dead chicken hangs in the fox's lair with a note to keep. The title-page comes from Lorioux' entire volume. The back cover reproduces Lorioux' delightful front cover showing La Fontaine sitting between two young children and, with quill in hand, reading his own fables to them. Two mice run away. The inside back-cover includes a picture of Lorioux and cites his edition of 1929. I notice now what seems true of all six copies: Hachette on the inside back-cover is called not a Librairie but a Librarie. Eight pages.

Identifier

en_US 10541 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75155

Publisher

en_US Calligraphics

en_US Berkeley, CA

Subject

en_US PZ24.2.L3Fab 2012 v.6 See all items with this value

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

Pamphlet