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De La sainte famille au Droit à la paresse
Illustrated by: Wifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902–1982)
Author: René Char (French, 1907–1988)
Publisher: Galerie le Point Cardinal, Paris (French, 20th century)
Printer: Imprimerie Union (French, 20th century)
Printer: Giorgio Upiglio (Italian, 20th century)
Author: René Char (French, 1907–1988)
Publisher: Galerie le Point Cardinal, Paris (French, 20th century)
Printer: Imprimerie Union (French, 20th century)
Printer: Giorgio Upiglio (Italian, 20th century)
1976
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with one etching
Dimensions
Overall: 17 x 23.2 x 0.5 cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Efraín Barradas in memory of Isabel Mejías de Barradas
Accession Number2001.425
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Le Point Cardinal, 1976
Catalogue Raisonné
Tonneau-Ryckelynck 344 (7601)
Description(Paris: Le Point Cardinal, 1976) Oblong quarto; [6 ff.]; original publisher's printed wrappers (grayish manila folder, beige cloth spine).
Signed
Frontispiece signed by Lam lower right in brown pencil; colophon signed by Char lower center in brown pencil.
Provenance2001, gift of Efraín Barradas, Gainesville, FL, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2001)
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