French Art Print Folio

Item Details

A French art print folio. The ca. 1949 folio, entitled, ‘Cent Chefs-d’Oeuvre de L’Art Francais’, features a thick cardboard cover with linen spine and corners, and closes with twill ties. The folio contains sixty-six of its original one hundred photographic prints of French cathedrals, chateaus, churches, ancient cave art in France, architecture, architectural details and interiors, as well as the index and introduction page, and a typewritten letter, dated December 1949, from Edouard Herriot of de l’Acaemie Francaise, discussing the folio and the philosophy behind its creation.

Condition

Outside spine has damage and cover has water damage.

Dimensions

Item #

16DEN007-110