La prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France
Book
1913 (published)
1913 (published)
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1 folded sheet : color illustrations ; 1991 x 355 mm folded to 180 x 95 mm.
Four sheets joined together and folded in half vertically and then horizontally to form twenty-two sections, folded into parchment covers painted in oil after a composition by Sonia Delaunay. Recto only. The first section, top right, represents a map of the Transsiberian Railway while the first on the top left bears title, imprint and edition limitation statement in blue and red.
Four sheets joined together and folded in half vertically and then horizontally to form twenty-two sections, folded into parchment covers painted in oil after a composition by Sonia Delaunay. Recto only. The first section, top right, represents a map of the Transsiberian Railway while the first on the top left bears title, imprint and edition limitation statement in blue and red.
Object details
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| Title | La prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pochoir illumination in gouache and watercolour with some brush play and overlap of wash in stencil areas. |
| Brief description | Book, 'La prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France', by Blaise Cendrars and Sonia Delaunay, Paris : Éditions des hommes nouveaux, 1913. |
| Physical description | 1 folded sheet : color illustrations ; 1991 x 355 mm folded to 180 x 95 mm. Four sheets joined together and folded in half vertically and then horizontally to form twenty-two sections, folded into parchment covers painted in oil after a composition by Sonia Delaunay. Recto only. The first section, top right, represents a map of the Transsiberian Railway while the first on the top left bears title, imprint and edition limitation statement in blue and red. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | "Tirage de luxe, No [...]. De 1 à 8 pour l'exemplaire parchemin. De 9 à 36 pour les exemplaires japon. De 37 à 150 pour les exemplaires simili japon"--Edition limitation statement. |
| Object history | Delaunay and Cendrars planned an edition of 150 copies, 8 to be on parchment with a handmade goatskin cover at 500 francs, 28 on Japanese paper with a handmade goatskin cover at 100 francs, and 114 on imitation Japanese paper with a handmade parchment cover for 50 francs. Library's copy signed in blue ink and numbered in red ink '111' by Blaise Cendrars. The four sheets have been wrongly joined between sheets 1 and 2, giving a white line across text and image some 6 mm. wide. Small tear (3 cm.) at the level of the fold of the first section. |
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| Library number | 38041993109149 |
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| Record created | January 10, 2020 |
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