Les Horribles et Espovantables Faictz et Prouesses du Très Renommé Pantagruel, Roy des Dipsodes, fils du Grand Géant Gargantua (The Horrible and Terrifying Deeds and Words of the Very Renowned Pantagruel, King of the Dipsodes, Son of the Great Giant Gargantua)

Provenance

(William Wyer Rare Books, Jackson WY); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Les Horribles et Espovantables Faictz et Prouesses du Très Renommé Pantagruel, Roy des Dipsodes, fils du Grand Géant Gargantua (The Horrible and Terrifying Deeds and Words of the Very Renowned Pantagruel, King of the Dipsodes, Son of the Great Giant Gargantua)

Derain, André

1943

Accession Number

2018.45.1

Medium

unbound volume with 179 color woodcuts, inked à la poupée, including 39 full-page woodcuts, 89 smaller woodcuts, 34 initials, and 17 decorative ornaments, on Vélin d'Arches wove paper

Dimensions

book: 34.8 × 28.5 × 4 cm (13 11/16 × 11 1/4 × 1 9/16 in.) | case: 36 × 29.3 × 6 cm (14 3/16 × 11 9/16 × 2 3/8 in.)

Classification

Volume

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection