Légende
Business card of the Dorbon-Ainé bookstore in Paris, print, visiting card, Interior of a bookstore with a devil in the center with chicken feet, tail, wings, and horns offering a book to a bookseller sitting on a small ladder in front of a bookcase. In the room are eight other devils or fantasy figures, most of whom are holding books., printmaker: Albert Robida, publisher: Librairie Dorbon-Ainé (possibly), 1901 - 1924, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, drypoint etching and plate tone in green, height 160 mm x width 116 mm, book, book-shop, bookseller, devil(s) and demons, bookshelves, A detailed ink drawing shows a tall winged creature with a beaklike face and horns leaning toward a seated man who gazes upward with a pleased expression while clutching a small book; the creature holds another book and stands among smaller fantastical figures including an owl holding a book, a small impish character with round glasses offering a book, and other goblinlike creatures clutching or presenting books; behind them are lined bookshelves filled with volumes and a perched winged creature reading; the scene is framed by a rectangular border and executed with dense crosshatching and fine linework.
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26B28_307
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
35.7Mo (9.8Mo) / 25.3cm x 35.3cm / 2989 x 4174 (300dpi)