Poèmes de Sappho

Multiple artists/makers

1950

Not on view

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Provenance

Title: Poèmes de Sappho
Illustrator: Marie Laurencin (French, Paris 1883–1956 Paris)
Author: Sappho (Greek, active ca. 600 BCE)
Translator: Edith de Beaumont
Publisher: Compagnie Francaise des Art Graphiques
Date: 1950
Medium: Etching
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Museum Accession, transferred from the Library
Object Number: 1972.578bis
Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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