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Le bestiaire, ou cortège d'Orphée

Illustrated by: Raoul Dufy (French, 1877–1953)
Author: Guillaume Apollinaire (French, 1880–1918)
Publisher: Editions de La Sirène
1919
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with photomechanical relief prints
Dimensions Overall: 19.4 x 14.6 x 1.1 cm (7 5/8 x 5 3/4 x 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Louis Curtis Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number37.102
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Editions de la Sirène, 1919

Catalogue Raisonné Ray, French Illustrated Book, 392
Description(Paris: Editions de la Sirène, 1919) Small quarto; 40 ff.; original publisher's printed yellow paper wrappers (ochre cloth slipcase).

Illustrations of animals, and Orpheus.
Signed In black ink on front free endpaper: "a l'ami Maillol / Raoul Dufy."
ProvenanceE. P. Goldschmidt & Co., Ltd, London, from whom purchased (£2.20), January 14, 1937.
Copyright© 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.