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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
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