Paul Bonet
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)
This book was published as a tribute to Bonet by his literary colleagues in 1945. It contains essays on Bonet's career and work, photographs, and original binding patterns on tracing paper. One of the great masters of French bookbinding, Paul Bonet bound this book in one of the "sunburst" patterns for which he became famous in the 1930s and 1940s. These patterns are built up from many small, gold-tooled lines, meticulously planned and often resulting in an optical illusion of spatial depth.
Provenance
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Owned by Mrs. Robert Levi, Maryland; given to Walters Art Museum, 1977.
Exhibitions
| 2013-2014 | Bookbindings from the Gilded Age. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 13 × W: 10 3/8 in. (33.02 × 26.35 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Robert Levi, 1977
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
92.1340
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