Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Balthus, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, 1993, illustrated book with 15 lithographs with text by Emily Brontë, bound in Nigerian goatskin and housed in a cloth-covered clamshell box, The Carol and Seymour Haber Collection, © unknown, research required, 2008.73.3a,b
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- Title
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
- Artist
- Related People
author: Emily Brontë (British, 1818-1848)
print publisher: Limited Editions Club (American, active 20th-21st centuries)
printer: Bruce Porter
- Date
1993
- Medium
illustrated book with 15 lithographs with text by Emily Brontë, bound in Nigerian goatskin and housed in a cloth-covered clamshell box
- Edition
233/300
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: variable; sheet: variable; secondary sheet: 16 1/4 in x 12 7/16 in; book: 16 5/8 in x 13 in x 2 in; box: 18 1/4 in x 14 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
watermark: same as above, on some text pages
coat-of-arms: (vertically striped shield superimposed with three wings radiating from a central start; above the shield, the coronet of nobility, blind-stamped, lower right corner
edition number: 233, graphite, colophon page, c.c.
signature: Balthus, graphite, colophon page, c.c.
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Books, Portfolios, and Manuscripts
- Object Type
book
- Culture
French
- Credit Line
The Carol and Seymour Haber Collection
- Accession Number
2008.73.3a,b
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
The Limited Editions Club, founded in 1929, was the first major publisher to invest in luxurious books pairing literature with leading artists in the United States. To date, they have published more than five hundred livres d’artistes; six are featured in Artist & Book.
- Exhibitions
2013 Artist & Book: 100 Years Portland Art Museum
