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Stèle pour un jeune frère

Book
1957 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

72 engravings in a paper cover, printed in brown, and the letterpress in black and brown. The engravings include representations of the Signs of the Zodiac, a cover design, half-title, initial letter and tail-pieces.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleStèle pour un jeune frère (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Wood-engraving
Brief description
'Stèle pour un jeune frère'. Poem and wood-engravings by Abram Krol. 72 pages including signs of the Zodiac, cover design, half-title etc. Wood-engravings, published by Éditions Caractères, Paris, 1957.
Physical description
72 engravings in a paper cover, printed in brown, and the letterpress in black and brown. The engravings include representations of the Signs of the Zodiac, a cover design, half-title, initial letter and tail-pieces.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 23.5cm
  • Size of volume width: 15.6cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Credit line
Given by the artist
Object history
Another copy of this book is in the Victoria and Albert Museum Library.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.2890-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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