An edition of Criminelles (1927)

Criminelles

24 eaux-fortes

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Criminelles
Mariette Lydis, Mariette Lydis
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An edition of Criminelles (1927)

Criminelles

24 eaux-fortes

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24 etched plates depicting fictitious female criminals, predominantly murderers. Each illustration accompanied by a letterpress caption pasted below, imitating a newspaper report on the prisoner. The names, likenesses, and crimes described were all inventions of Mariette Lydis.

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Language
French
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24

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Subjects

Female offenders in art Criminals in art

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Mariette Lydis (1894-1970)
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Cover of: Criminelles
Criminelles: 24 eaux-fortes
1927, publisher not identified
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Edition Notes

Cover title.

Introduction signed by Pierre MacOrlan.

" ... soixante quinze exemplaires ... tous ... sont signés par l'artiste"--Page [4].

Leaves laid into brown linen board portfolio with a prison window with bars cut into the front board and chains in place of clasps.

Mariette married Jean Lydis in 1922; in 1928 she married Comte Giuseppi Govone in Paris.

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Classifications

Library of Congress
NE2225.L93 A4 1900

The Physical Object

Pagination
1 portfolio ([4] pages, 24 leaves of plates)
Number of pages
24

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL53048562M
OCLC/WorldCat
28581042

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL38958112W

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