Le Petit Chaperon Rouge: une imagerie d'après un conte de Perrault (Little Red Riding Hood: Imagery After a Tale by Perrault)
Warja Honegger-Lavater, Le Petit Chaperon Rouge: une imagerie d'après un conte de Perrault (Little Red Riding Hood: Imagery After a Tale by Perrault), 1965, accordion-fold book with lithographs in cloth-covered boards with Plexiglas slipcase, Gift of Mel and Donald Jenkins, © unknown, research required, 2012.130.3a,b
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- Title
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge: une imagerie d'après un conte de Perrault (Little Red Riding Hood: Imagery After a Tale by Perrault)
- Related Titles
original language: Le Petit Chaperon Rouge: une imagerie d'après un conte de Perrault
translated: Little Red Riding Hood: Imagery after a tale by Perrault
- Artist
- Related People
publisher: Maeght Editeur (French, active 20th century)
- Date
1965
- Medium
accordion-fold book with lithographs in cloth-covered boards with Plexiglas slipcase
- Edition
size unknown
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
A (book): 6 1/4 in x 4 9/16 in x 3/4 in; B (slipcase): 6 7/16 in x 4 5/8 in x 1 in
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Books, Portfolios, and Manuscripts
- Object Type
book
- Culture
Swiss
- Credit Line
Gift of Mel and Donald Jenkins
- Accession Number
2012.130.3a,b
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
Anyone familiar with this classic tale can easily follow the wordless action in Warja Honegger-Lavater's translation of Little Red Riding Hood into pure visual symbol. Each character is assigned a color (red for the girl, black for the wolf), which enacts the drama as it unfolds through the pages.
- Exhibitions
2013 Artist & Book: 100 Years Portland Art Museum