A New French Style: Eight Models from Pierre Balmain

summer 1946
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Object Information
  • Title: A New French Style: Eight Models from Pierre Balmain
  • Author: Written by Alice B. Toklas (American, San Francisco, California 1877–1967 Paris)
  • Illustrator: Illustrated by René Gruau (French, Italy 1909–2004 Rome)
  • Subject of book: About Pierre Balmain (French, St. Jean de Maurienne 1914–1982 Paris)
  • Printer: Printed by Jean Cres , Paris
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: summer 1946
  • Medium: plates: lithographs
  • Dimensions: Overall: 13 x 9 13/16 x 2 3/4 in. (33 x 25 x 7 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.673.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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