Photo of collection object Plate from Un Poème dans chaque livre — Giacometti, Alberto. Plate from Un Poème dans chaque livre, 1956. Etching from an illustrated book with seven etchings (three with aquatint, one with aquatint, drypoint, engraving, and roulette), three drypoints (one with engraving), two aquatints, two woodcuts, one engraving, and one lithograph, plate: 5 1/4 × 5 7/16" (13.3 × 13.8 cm); page: 7 1/2 × 7 1/16" (19 × 18 cm). The Louis E. Stern Collection, 1100.1964.12. (Photo: MoMA)

MoMA

Plate from Un Poème dans chaque livre

1956

Alberto Giacometti

Swiss, 1901–1966

Drawings & Prints

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Giacometti, Alberto
Classification: Illustrated Book
Formatted Medium: Etching from an illustrated book with seven etchings (three with aquatint, one with aquatint, drypoint, engraving, and roulette), three drypoints (one with engraving), two aquatints, two woodcuts, one engraving, and one lithograph
Medium: etching, from, illustrated, book, etchings, aquatint, drypoint, engraving, roulette, drypoints, aquatints, woodcuts, lithograph
Dimensions: plate: 5 1/4 × 5 7/16" (13.3 × 13.8 cm); page: 7 1/2 × 7 1/16" (19 × 18 cm)
Departments: Drawings & Prints
Accession Number: 1100.1964.12
Credit Line: The Louis E. Stern Collection
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