Fables of Aesop

Multiple artists/makers

1931

Not on view

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Title: Fables of Aesop
Author: Aesop (Greek, ca. 620–560 BCE)
Translator: Sir Roger L'Estrange (British, Norfolk 1616–1704 London)
Illustrator: Alexander Calder (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1898–1976 New York)
Publisher: Harrison (Paris)
Publisher: Balch & Co. (New York, NY)
Published in: New York; Paris
Date: 1931
Medium: Illustrations: photoreproductions of original drawings
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (26 x 19 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Monroe Wheeler, 1949
Object Number: 49.89
Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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