L'Offrande Lyrique

Description Exhibitions Provenance Inscription Credit

Description This collection of poems by the Bengali poet and composer Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) uses the title of the work in translation - L'Offrande Lyrique (Song Offerings, or Gitanjali in the original Bengali) - as part of a horizontal design that wraps around the entire cover and is best appreciated when the book is open rather than closed.

Exhibitions

Bookbindings from the Gilded Age. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2013-2014.

Provenance Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions ex libris Henry Walters stamped in gold on inside front cover

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, before 1931

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Creators

Rabindranath Tagore (Indian, 1861 - 1941) (Author)
André Gide (French, 1869 - 1951) (Translator)
Paul Gruel (French, 1864 - 1954) (Binder)
François Louis Schmied (Swiss, actve in France, 1873 - 1941) (Publisher)

Period

1925

Medium

ink on paper bound between boards covered in goatskin, gold, and silk; box and cover;
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

92.1063

Measurements

H: 11 5/8 × W: 8 7/8 in. (29.53 × 22.54 cm)

Geographies

France, Paris (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View