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La prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France

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Title
La prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France
Names
Cendrars, Blaise, 1887-1961 (Author)
Delaunay, Sonia (Artist)
Collection

La prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1913
Place: Paris
Publisher: Editions des hommes nouveaux
Library locations
Spencer Collection
Shelf locator: Spencer Coll. French 1913 03-320
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: In 2 columns: on the left, the continuous ill. colored in gouache after pochoirs by Delaunay; on the right, the textof the poem, printed in 4 colors from 12 typefaces, with additional wash coloring from pochoirs in the blank spaces. For an approximately half-size reproduction on 2 folded leaves, cf. Sonia Delaunay: rythmes et couleurs / textes de Jacques Damase et al. 1971. p. 84-[91]. For discussion, cf. article by Burr Wallen in Arts magazine (New York), v. 54, no. 1 (Sept. 1979), p. 96-101.
Content: Issued folded in parchment wrapper with additional paintedill. (wrapper lacking in this copy).
Content: Printed on one side of 4 sheets, each ca. 53 x 36 cm., pasted overlapping at top and bottom to form a single sheet, folded vertically in half, then accordion-folded to 22 sections.
Content: Provenance: Author's presentation copy, inscribed to Maître Jean Decloux, "21 juin 1938."
Content: Spencer Coll. copy consists of the 4 sheets before assembly and folding, including margins above and below the printed and illustrated area. Sheets are partly untrimmed, ca. 57 cm. x 38-40 cm. Two have pinholes in upper and lower left margin. Another copy in this state, with variant coloring, is illustrated in Peyré, p. 87, fig. 53 (Peyré 11, contrepoint).
Content: Spencer Coll. copy is no. 47, on "simili japon."
Content: Text printed by Imprimerie Crété, Corbeil. Cf. La Prose duTranssibérien et de la Petite Jehanne de France ... genèseet dossier d'une polémique / Antoine Sidoti. Paris, 1987. p. 19-21. Pochoirs executed by Atelier Richard, Paris; cf.Peyré.
Content: The poem was subsequently published under title: Le Transsibérien.
Statement of responsibility: Blaise Cendrars ; couleurs simultanées de Mme Delaunay-Terk.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 folded sheet : col. ill., map ; 208 x 36 cm., folded to 10 x 18 cm
Pochoir prints
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Languages
French
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15854267
Photo Order: 65254
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 40ff0340-d262-013b-c44e-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1887: Creator Born
  • 1913: Issued
  • 1961: Creator Died
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "La prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1913. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/74eba430-d262-013b-103b-0242ac110002

Chicago/Turabian Format

Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "La prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/74eba430-d262-013b-103b-0242ac110002

APA Format

Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. (1913). La prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/74eba430-d262-013b-103b-0242ac110002

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La prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France