Fables Choisies Mises en Vers par Jean de la Fontaine

Title

en_US Fables Choisies Mises en Vers par Jean de la Fontaine

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US #63 of 130 copies, brochure, boxed

en_US R. Benz

Creator

en_US de La Fontaine, Jean

Contributor

en_US Deluermoz, Henri

Date

2016-01-25T19:38:33Z

en_US 2002-01

en_US 1943

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:38:33Z

Date Issued

en_US 1943

Abstract

en_US Deluermoz died in November of 1943. He had finished lithographs for the first twenty-five of the fifty fables of La Fontaine here. The last twenty-five, according to the colophon, have been illustrated after Deluermoz' original designs, reproduced by L. Maccard and printed by Georges Leblanc under the artistic direction of Georges Gobo. The first twenty-five had been printed by G. Dorfinant. Thus the title-page gives 1943 as the year of publication, but the colophon indicates that the book was completed in 1944. The lithographs, strong on tans and browns, include one larger half-page illustration per fable and, usually, one smaller design at the fable's end. This copy (Number 63) was printed for Monsieur Marcel Funereau. As strong as the lithographs are, I find in them little specific insight into the fables. For me the most attractive of the large designs are the simplest, like Le Berger et la Mer on 41, L'Ane et le petit Chien on 57, and Les Deux Chèvres on 98. The one exception to this observation may be Le Cheval et le Loup on 68: it suggests the kick to the jaw very effectively! My eye is caught by the concluding designs, like the spider's web in the spidery tree on 16: it has caught the proud mosquito who triumphed over the lion. Again, I enjoy the desperate ass and rider from SS on 21. There is a T of C at the end. How many art books were being produced in Paris in 1943 and 1944?

Identifier

en_US 5494 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81028

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Le Livre Contemporain

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1808.A1 1944

en_US Jean de La Fontaine

Type

en_US Book, Whole