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La Maitresse (The Mistress)

Author Jules Renard French
Illustrator Félix Vallotton Swiss
Publisher H. Simonis Empis. Ed. French
1896
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: La Maitresse (The Mistress)
  • Author: Jules Renard (French, 1864–1910)
  • Illustrator: Félix Vallotton (Swiss, Lausanne 1865–1925 Paris)
  • Publisher: H. Simonis Empis. Ed. , Paris
  • Date: 1896
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
  • Object Number: 66.542.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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