id:			349077
accession number:	2018.212.13
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.212.13
updated:		2023-04-26 11:23:59.598000

Micrographie Décorative: Irional, 1931. Laure Albin Guillot (French, 1879–1962). Photogravure; image: 27.4 x 21.4 cm (10 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.); paper: 42.5 x 36 cm (16 3/4 x 14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 2018.212.13

title:				Irional
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series:				Micrographie Décorative
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creation date:			1931
creation date earliest:		1931
creation date latest:		1931
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	France, 20th century
technique:	photogravure
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - French 20th Century
type:		Bound Volume
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CREATORS

* Laure Albin Guillot (French, 1879–1962)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 27.4 x 21.4 cm (10 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.); Paper: 42.5 x 36 cm (16 3/4 x 14 3/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Imprinted in black type on recto: “PLANCHE XIII”
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Collection of Thérèse Bonney, Paris, France
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	Chloé et Denis Ozanne Rare Books, Paris, France
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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fun fact:


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Laure Albin Guillot was one of the first artists in France to explore the decorative use of photography by blending art and science. Married to a specialist in microscopy, she began making photographs based on her husband's slides seen through the microscope. She published twenty of these abstract images as this artist’s book and later used related images on wallpaper, silk, and book bindings intended for luxurious interiors. These seemingly abstract designs are greatly magnified images of natural specimens, including cross-sections of rhinoceros’ horn.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Christian Bouqueret, Laure Albin Guillot ou La Volonté d’Art, Paris: Marval, 1996.
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	Jeu de Paume, <em>Laure Albin Guillot, 1879-1962: l’enjeu classique</em>, Paris: Editions de La Martinière, 2013.
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