Art Deco Illustrated Books: Ten Tales from the Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio; Brutus the Fool, Part I.

Author Giovanni Boccaccio Italian
Illustrator Edmondo Lucchesi Italian
ca. 1937
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Art Deco Illustrated Books: Ten Tales from the Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio; Brutus the Fool, Part I.
  • Artist: Mabel Charlotte Alleyne (British, Southampton 1896–1961)
  • Author: Giovanni Boccaccio (Italian, Paris 1313–1375 Certaldo, Tuscany)
  • Illustrator: Edmondo Lucchesi (Italian, active 1913–30)
  • Date: ca. 1937
  • Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving; pen and black ink
  • Dimensions: 11 9/16 × 9 1/16 × 9/16 in. (29.4 × 23 × 1.5 cm)
    9 7/16 × 7 5/16 × 11/16 in. (24 × 18.5 × 1.7 cm)
  • Classifications: Books & Manuscripts, Books, Manuscripts
  • Credit Line: Gift of Morrison Heckscher, 2014
  • Object Number: 2014.640.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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