Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard (A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance) by Stéphane Mallarmé
Ellsworth Kelly, Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard (A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance) by Stéphane Mallarmé, 1992, illustrated book of 11 lithographs with text by Stéphane Mallarmé (French, 1842-1898); leather-bound and housed in a cloth-covered clamshell box, The Carol and Seymour Haber Collection, © unknown, research required, 2008.73.6a,b
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- Title
Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard (A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance) by Stéphane Mallarmé
- Artist
- Related People
author: Stéphane Mallarmé (French, 1842-1898)
print publisher: Limited Editions Club (American, active 20th-21st centuries)
printer: Daniel Kelcher (American, active 20th century)
printer: Bruce Porter
publisher: Wild Carrot Letterpress (American, active 20th century)
- Date
1992
- Medium
illustrated book of 11 lithographs with text by Stéphane Mallarmé (French, 1842-1898); leather-bound and housed in a cloth-covered clamshell box
- Edition
233/300
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
book: 17 1/4 in x 13 in x 1 1/4 in; each image/sheet: 17 in x 12 3/8 in; box: 18 1/4 in x 13 15/16 in x 2 3/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
edition number: 233, graphite, colophon page, c.c.
signature: Kelly, graphite, colophon page, c.c.
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Books, Portfolios, and Manuscripts
Prints
- Object Type
book
planographic print
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
The Carol and Seymour Haber Collection
- Accession Number
2008.73.6a,b
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
Ellsworth Kelly's spare black shapes—squares, ellipses, and curves—are placed with as much care as Mallarmé's text, which floats over the page in a seemingly arbitrary, but carefully considered and highly poetic typographical arrangement conceived by the poet in 1897.
In this volume, the images and text are never found on the same spread, and thus do not directly interact; instead, text and image are equal partners, each respecting the integrity of the other in this thoughtful and rigorous design.
- Exhibitions
2013 Artist & Book: 100 Years Portland Art Museum
