Physical description: A narrative told with 167 woodcut designs about a man who “goes into life with young eyes, with a spirit fresh and naive with a heart full of love and tenderness only to come out wounded, bitter skeptical. He seeks solitude and wishes to die alone but his spirit is reborn in a mocking laugh”, with foreword by Romain Rolland.
Collections My Book of Hours; 167 Designs Engraved on Wood by Frans Masereel
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- Title
- My Book of Hours; 167 Designs Engraved on Wood by Frans Masereel
- Artist
- Frans Masereel
- Date
- 1922
- Dimensions
- book 7 × 5 × 1 inches
- Materials
- offset lithograph on paper
- Location
- Not on view
Object Details
- Type
- Books (Books)
- Accession Number
- Lib2000.707.1-.2
- Edition
- 497/600
- Inscriptions
- in purple pencil, on fourth page, “Frans Masereel”
- Physical Description
- A narrative told with 167 woodcut designs about a man who “goes into life with young eyes, with a spirit fresh and naive with a heart full of love and tenderness only to come out wounded, bitter skeptical. He seeks solitude and wishes to die alone but his spirit is reborn in a mocking laugh”, with foreword by Romain Rolland.
- Credit Line
- Rosemary Furtak Collection, Walker Art Center Library
- Object Copyright
- Copyright retained by the artist