Harvard Art Museums > M25399.1-12: Elements Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Elements (Roger Vieillard) , M25399.1-12,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 14, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/144637. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M25399.1-12 People Roger Vieillard, French (Le Mans, France 1907 - 1989 Paris, France) Title Elements Other Titles Original Language Title: Éléments Series/Book Title: Elements Classification Prints Work Type portfolio Date 1957 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/144637 Physical Descriptions Technique Engraving and letterpress Dimensions 47 x 36.5 cm (18 1/2 x 14 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: cover page (wrap-around page around other sheets, inside the housing box), black ink, engraving, in artist's hand: [plate 1, near top, centered,each letter composed of vertical lines and some cross hatching, uneven shapes, drop-like at edges, some have faint shadows] ELEMENTS, [cursive writing engraved in an upside-down pentagon (i.e., point of pentagon facing down, horizontal edge on top), plate is slightly higher than square, towards bottom of page, centered] Gravures / de / Roger Vieillard inscription: title page, black ink, engraving, in artist's hand: ELEMENTS inscription: title page, black ink, letterpress: [below plate with title, each line centered, though not justified to equal lengths] burins de / ROGER VIEILLARD / CHEZ L'ARTISTE / PARIS MCMLVII inscription: collophon, last printed page, black printer's ink, letterpress: collophon: Les "Éléments" ont été tirés à 60 exemplaires dont / 10 sur Japon avec une suite des gravures sur Chine / et trois gravures en premier état numérotés de 1 à / 10 et 50 exemplaires sur Vergé de Montval numé- / rotés de 11 à 60. Il a été tiré en outr, sur Vergé de / Montval, 12 exemplaires de collaborateurs marqués / de A à L. / / Achevé d'imprimer à Paris, le / 2 Janvier 1957, par Fequet et / Baudier, typographes, et par / Georges Leblanc, taille-doucier. / / / / EXEMPLAIRE Nº 48 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. 25 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 M25399.1-12 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Related Works M25399.2 Roger Vieillard Eroded Lands, for Mars Prints M25399.3 Roger Vieillard Streams, to the Nymphs Prints M25399.6 Roger Vieillard Shadow in the Trees, to Phoebus Prints M25399.7 Roger Vieillard Fire, to Prometheus Prints M25399.8 Roger Vieillard Olive Trees, for Athena Prints M25399.9 Roger Vieillard Flowers, to Persephone Prints M25399.10 Roger Vieillard Deep Waters, to Styx Prints M25399.11 Roger Vieillard Blood, to Dionysius Prints M25399.4 Roger Vieillard Clouds, to Zeus Prints M25399.5 Roger Vieillard Sea, to Thetis Prints M25399.1 Roger Vieillard Spring, for Aphrodite Prints M25399.12 Roger Vieillard Contest of the Elements, to Uranus Prints Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
