Vingt-sept poèmes des Fleurs du Mal

Author Written by Charles Baudelaire French
Illustrator Illustrated by Auguste Rodin French
Publisher Published by La Société des Amis du Livre Moderne French
1918
Not on view
In 1887 publisher and bibliophile Paul Gallimard asked Rodin to illustrate his personal 1857 edition of Charles Baudelaire’s Flowers of Evil, and in 1918 he published this facsimile. The illustrations constitute a summary of Rodin’s graphic production in the 1880s, including three examples of his "black drawings," so-called for the darkness of their content and ink wash.

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  • Title: Vingt-sept poèmes des Fleurs du Mal
  • Author: Written by Charles Baudelaire (French, Paris 1821–1867 Paris)
  • Illustrator: Illustrated by Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon)
  • Publisher: Published by La Société des Amis du Livre Moderne
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: 1918
  • Dimensions: Overall: 7 3/8 x 4 7/8 in. (18.7 x 12.4 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1968
  • Object Number: 68.632.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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