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CA-293 : L’Entrée de la Cour du Dragon. For the ‘’Société des Amis des Livres’’. Plate ordered by Mr. J. Borderel , 16 rue Alfred de Vigny, VIII.
L’Entrée de la Cour du Dragon, Paris
Title in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: L’Entrée de la Cour du Dragon. For the ‘’Société des Amis des Livres’’. Plate ordered by Mr. J. Borderel , 16 rue Alfred de Vigny, VIII.
Year: 1923
Number: 293
Size:
States: 7, 8?
Title on Print: L’Entrée de la Cour du Dragon, Paris
Initials or Signature and Date in Plate:
Planned Edition: not mentioned
Total Number of Impressions: 36
Numbers in Pencil:
1st state, 1 print
5th state
2/25
Signature in Pencil:
Dedication:
Caroline Armington’s etching record book contains the following notes for this print:
8 states
1st state 1
2nd 1
3rd 1
4th 1
5th 1
6th 4
7th 26 + 2 extra for Frank
8th state (crossed) 36 ep.
1 print for Monsieur Borderel
Numbered 1 to 25
Plate handed over to the Société des Amis du Livre.
Price in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: none.
Plate: One print and the plate were handed to Mr. J. Borderel of the Société des Amis des Livres.
Collections:
PAMA
Springfield Museum of Art, OH
Exhibitions:
Grimsby Art Gallery, March-April 1993 Grimsby, Ontario, Exhibit and Sale, The Armingtons: Canadian Painter/Etchers in Paris; Frank Armington, Caroline Armington
Publications:
Comments:
This etching was ordered by Mr. J. Borderel and made for the ‘’Société des Amis du Livre’’, Paris.
Mr. Borderel was a member of the Société since 1904 and was its treasurer in 1923.
One print and the plate were handed to Mr. J. Borderel of the Société des Amis des Livres.
Unofficially founded in Paris in 1874 by a tight-knit circle of collectors—including Charles Cousin, Ernest Gallien, and Philippe de Saint-Aubin—the society aimed to publish ultra-luxury editions while strictly limiting its membership to just 50 individuals.
The Société des Amis des Livres officially ceased its publishing activities and the production of its yearbooks in 1950.
The society held regular monthly dinners on the first Tuesday of every month.
For a society composed of elite bibliophiles and art collectors, a plain text menu would never suffice. For their monthly dinners, the Société des Amis des Livres specifically commissioned original, prints and engravings to serve as their dinner menus
Editions for the menus were limited (from 40 to 65 prints).
Most likely this Caroline Armington’s print and its plate may have been purchased for that purpose. No such menu (with this Caroline Armington’s print) has been found so far.