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Designer:
Alain Letort, French, b. 1949  Search this
Publisher:
Yvon Gay, Paris, France  Search this
Printer:
Claude Marie, Honfleur, France  Search this
Medium:
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
49.8 × 36 cm (19 5/8 × 14 3/16 in.)
Type:
figures
Print
Object Name:
Print
Made in:
Honfleur, France
Date:
1972
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Plate 4, VIII of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Grotesque female figure in surrealist style. She wears a scarf tied around her head and a long dress and has a very long nose and hands, wide legs, and tiny feet in high-heeled shoes. In her right hand she holds a box, and in her left hand she drops a group of nails onto the ground. Below her, a chicken with the head of a hammer pecks at a group of nails she had previously dropped. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of Donald and Eylene King
Accession Number:
1976-3-1-14
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq400aa82cd-a1b4-4aac-9e92-59f32ad92ce6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1976-3-1-14