Recueil de grimaces / par L. Boilly.

Author
Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845 [Browse]
Format
Visual material
Language
French
Published/​Created
À Paris : Chez Delpech, Quai Voltaire no. 23, [1823-1828]
Description
1 v. (95 plates) : chalk lithograph ; 45 cm.

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    Biographical/​Historical note
    French painter, printmaker and draftsman.
    Summary note
    A suite of prints (1823-1828) in which Boilly explored distorted and exaggerated physiognomic expressions. Each lithograph depicts a cluster of five heads.
    Notes
    Numbered, signed (L. Boilly ; I. lith. de Delpech), captioned (Les Grimaces) and dated (1823, plate 4).
    Binding note
    GAX copy: Contemporary red half calf, covers gilt.
    References
    • Laran, J., Adhémar, J. Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, t. 3, no. 6
    • Siegfried, S. The art of Louis-Léopold Boilly, p. 122-123
    • Del Guercio A., Sciascia, L. Les grimaces, ill.
    Other title(s)
    Grimaces
    OCLC
    1365398429
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