Dummy with text (without illustration) for p. 25 of Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant. Verso: dummy with text and illustrations for p. 26 [drawing].

BIB_ID

310145

Accession number

MA 6304.10.17

Creator

Brunhoff, Jean de, 1899-1937.

Published

1930-1931

Credit line

Gift of Laurent, Mathieu, and Thierry de Brunhoff, and purchased with the assistance of The Florence Gould Foundation and the Acquisitions Fund, Fellows Endowment Fund, Gordon N. Ray Fund, and the Heineman Fund, 2004.

Description

2 drawings.

Notes

Part of the preliminary design and layout for the book (MA 6304).
Page 25 has text block only; verso (p. 26) has an upper image and a lower image, with text block between.
High reserve.

x inches ( x mm)

Provenance

Acquired by the Morgan Library in 2004 from the de Brunhoff family through the Mary Ryan Gallery, New York.

Medium

ink and watercolor drawing with handwritten text on paper, mounted on paper.

Catalog link

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Classification

Drawing

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts