L'art d'aimer (The Art of Love) | Yale University Art Gallery

1935

One of the last acquisitions made by Arthur Ross is this handsome publication of Ovid’s Ars amatoria (The Art of Love), carrying further back in time Ross’s group of classic literary texts. Aristide Maillol’s illustrations for the book include twelve lithographs in black, twelve in sanguine, and fourteen woodcuts in black. The translation into French is by Henri Bornecque, and the handsome binding is by Madeleine Gras.

Medium: Book with 24 lithographs and 14 woodcuts
Dimensions: exterior case: 15 9/16 × 11 × 1 5/8 in. (39.5 × 28 × 4.2 cm)
Credit Line: The Arthur Ross Collection
Accession Number: 2012.159.153
Culture: French
Period: 19th–20th century
Classification: Books
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Provenance

Christie's, New York, May 3, 2005 (134); William H. Schab Gallery, New York, May 11, 2005; Arthur Ross Foundation Collection, New York, to 2012; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

In Copyright

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Edition

27/50 (the edition was 225 in Arabic numerals and 50 in Roman numerals)

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