Renoir Drawings
Joseph Blumenthal (general format), John Rewald (layout of plates), Pierre-Auguste Renoir (initials), New York, New York, 1946
Description
Juror Notes
This is one of the best art books of the year. The collotype reproductions are well done and the letterpress printing is superb. The title page has distinction and reticence—an unusual feature since white space is so difficult to leave empty.
Collections:
Fifty Books of the Year (1947)
Discipline:
Book design
Format:
Book
Credits
- Designers
- Joseph Blumenthal (general format), John Rewald (layout of plates), Pierre-Auguste Renoir (initials)
- Illustrations
- Drawings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (collotype reproductions)
- Frontispiece
- Martha Berrien Studio (hand-colored)
- Editor
- John Rewald
- Trim size
- 9 x 12 inches
- Pages
- 94
- Price
- $15.00
- Typefaces
- Granjon [Linotype] 14 pt., 4 pt. leading, Garamond [A.T.F.] and handlettered (title page), 37 x 54 picas (type measure)
- Compositor
- The Composing Room, Inc.
- Printers
- The Spiral Press, Meriden Gravure Co. (collotypes)
- Printing methods
- letterpress, collotype
- Paper
- Enfield [collotype finish]
- Paper supplies
- The Stevens-Nelson Paper Corp.
- Binder
- The Western Shade Cloth Co. of N.Y., Inc.
- Binding
- Joanna Buckram
- Stamping
- genuine gold leaf
- Publisher
- H. Bittner & Company
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