Research Catalog

L'antitête

Title
  1. L'antitête / Tristan Tzara.
Published by
  1. Paris : Bordas, 1949.
Author
  1. Tzara, Tristan, 1896-1963.

Items in the library and off-site

Filter by

Displaying 1 item

StatusFormatAccessCall numberItem location
Status
Request appointment

Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308.

FormatTextAccessBy appointment onlyCall numberSpencer Coll. French 1949 92-318Item locationSchwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

Details

Additional authors
  1. Ernst, Max, 1891-1976.
  2. Tanguy, Yves, 1900-1955.
  3. Miró, Joan, 1893-1983.
  4. Lacourière, Roger, 1892-1966.
Description
  1. 3 v. : ill. (some col.); 15 cm.
Subject
  1. Gervais, André-Charles > Provenance
Contents
  1. v. 1. Monsieur Aa l'antiphilosophe -- v. 2. Minuits pour géants -- v. 3. Le désespéranto.
Call number
  1. Spencer Coll. French 1949 92-318
Note
  1. Illustrations: (v. 1, by Max Ernst:) 8 prints : etching, black on monochrome aquatint background ; full-page (plate mark 87 x 63 mm.). -- (v. 2, by Yves Tanguy:) 7 prints : etching, b&w, and aquatint, monochrome ; full-page (plate mark 95 x 67 mm.). Engraved in New York, 1947. -- (v. 3, by Joan Miró:) 8 prints : etching, b&w, and pochoir, col. ; full-page (etched portion with irregular plate marks, 124 x 95 mm. or smaller). Etched portions of each printed from an irregularly shaped cutout taken from a full-page (14 x 11 cm.) copperplate.
  2. Plates in all 3 vols. printed by R. Lacourière, Paris, and effaced after printing. There were also 31 suites of hand-colored versions of the prints for each volume, issued with special copies of the book; the suites for v. 3 consisted of prints created from the remainder of the plates from which the cutouts had been taken. According to Wittrock, there were only 8 suites for vol. 2; remaining 23 special copies issued with a cancelled plate.
  3. Each vol. issued in white paper covers with vellum book jacket, stamped in silver: l'ant it ête; the 3 vols. issued in black paper covered slipcase.
Indexed in (note)
  1. Artist and the book
  2. Rainwater, R. Max Ernst, beyond surrealism
  3. Leppien, H.R. Max Ernst, das graphische Werk
  4. Wittrock, W. Yves Tanguy, das druckgraphische Werk
  5. Cramer, P. Joan Miró, the illustrated books
  6. Dupin, J. Miró graveur
Author
  1. Tzara, Tristan, 1896-1963.
Title
  1. L'antitête / Tristan Tzara.
Imprint
  1. Paris : Bordas, 1949.
Indexed in:
  1. Artist and the book, 298
  2. Rainwater, R. Max Ernst, beyond surrealism, 47
  3. Leppien, H.R. Max Ernst, das graphische Werk, 27F
  4. Wittrock, W. Yves Tanguy, das druckgraphische Werk, 17
  5. Cramer, P. Joan Miró, the illustrated books, 20
  6. Dupin, J. Miró graveur, I, p. 70, no. 53-69
Local note
  1. 200 copies printed by G. Girard, Paris. No. 34 of 169 copies (numbered 32-200) on handmade Richard de Bas pure rag Auvergne paper, specially watermarked with author's and publisher's name; each vol. signed by the author and the respective artist.
  2. Vol. 1 inscribed on half title: "A A.-C. Gervais, pour la part qu'il a prise à la réalisation de ce livre et pour le plaisir sans partage que je dois à sa collaboration, l'amicale sympathie de Tristan Tzara, le 20 janvier 1950."
Added author
  1. Ernst, Max, 1891-1976.
  2. Tanguy, Yves, 1900-1955.
  3. Miró, Joan, 1893-1983.
  4. Lacourière, Roger, 1892-1966. Printer of plates
LCCN
  1. 84219435
Research call number
  1. Spencer Coll. French 1949 92-318
View in legacy catalog