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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25387.-M25392
People
Roger Vieillard, French (Le Mans, France 1907 - 1989 Paris, France)
Published by Jack Kahane
Published by Obelisk Press
Title
The Adventure of Phaeton
Other Titles
Original Language Title: L'Aventure de Phaëton
Series/Book Title: L'Aventure de Phaëton
Classification
Prints
Work Type
portfolio
Date
1939
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/144464

Physical Descriptions

Dimensions
35 x 27.8 cm (13 3/4 x 10 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Roger Vieillard
  • inscription: collophon page, on and below plate with text, graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: [inside a bench on the plate with collophon text] D [below plate] Roger Vieillard
  • inscription: first loose page in book, after title page, preceeding first page with engraving, black ink, letterpress: [title] LA FABLE DE PHAËTON / ARGUMENT / [block of text 1, shaped as a long rectangle] Épouvanté par les malheurs de l'univers, PHAËTON rêve / de consacreer sa jeunesse à donner au monde une nouvelle / direction. Par son adresse il conquiert le char solaire / dont l'essor commande aux destinée des hommes. [block of text 2, flat-topped pyramid (i.e., not justified on right or left, both margins slant outwards), 2/3 way up page, towards right margin] Le matin / venu il s'é- / lance dans l'es / pace auquel il va / distribuer la lumière. / Un monde nouveau / s'illumine sous ses pas. [ block of text 3, trapezoid larger at bottom, left side aligned, on middle left margin of page] Cependant / les dieux s'ef- / fraient du dessein / qui va ravir leur / toute-puissance. / Les empires célestes conspirent pour éga- / rer l'entreprenant jeune / homme. Ils soulèvent la / fureur des monstres qui / gardent toutes les voies / du ciel. Affolés par ces / menaces les brillants éta- / lons se reévoltent contre la / main qui les gouverne et se / jettent dans des voies ignorées. [ block of text 4, rectangle, directly below block 2, first line lines up with 3rd-to-last line of block 3, centered on page, below the rest] Les demeures des dieux trem- / blent, les volcans s'allument, / les flots se sèchent. La terre / entière est embrasé. Le maître / de l'Olympe profite du / désastre pour foudroyer l'au- / dacieux mortel. [block of text 5, each line shorter than preceeding and centered below it (i.e., inverted flat-topped pyramid) Il tombe ayant échoué / dans une grande / entreprise. [all above was in roman, next is in italic, single line at bottom of page] Le soleil se lève à nouveau sur l'ancien monde.
  • inscription: title page, black ink, engraved plate, in artist's hand: [simulated metal type] L'AVENTURE / DE / PHAËTON / [simulates cursive handwriting] argument / et six gravures / de Roger Vieillard;
  • inscription: last page, collophon, black ink, engraved plate, in artist's hand: [simulates handwritting, same as on title page] Il a été tiré / de l'Aventure de / Phaéton six exem / plaires numerotés / de A à F

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Pearl K. and Daniel Bell, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, October 15, 2002.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
J. 6

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Pearl K. and Daniel Bell
Copyright
© Roger Vieillard / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
M25387.-M25392
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Published by Jack Kahane, Obelisk Press
Typography by Ducros et Colas
Exhibited in the Atelier 17 exhibition at Galerie de Beaune, 1939

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