Album, Essai de papilloneries humaines (Ideas for Scenes with Butterflies Masquerading as Humans) | Objects | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Album, Essai de papilloneries humaines (Ideas for Scenes with Butterflies Masquerading as Humans)

Album, Essai de papilloneries humaines (Ideas for Scenes with Butterflies...
bound volume of etchings on laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402

There are 4 people in 5 roles are associated with this object
This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 7 images of this object.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-10

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-11

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-12

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-13

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-14

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-15

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-16

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-17

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-18

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-19

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Two anthropomorphized butterflies stand on their hind legs, carrying a stretcher. A third butterfly stands in front, appearing to lead the way. The path they walk on is covered in plants and shrubbery. There is no background other than the blank page. On the stretcher is a fourth butterfly, lying on its back. A small butterfly flies directly above it, holding a small umbrella. Underneath the scene read the French words for 'The Injured.'

Bound Print, Plate 1, Le Blessé (The Injured), Premier Essai de...
etching on laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-20

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-21

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-22

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-23

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

This print shows two butterflies wheeling a third insect in a bath chair, a small upright carriage. The scene is framed at the center of the page with a simple line border. The fine black lines of the print are a stark contrast to the creamy paper. The butterflies stand on two legs and have two arms, as if they were human. At right, a butterfly pulls the two long poles of the bath chair. Its long, narrow body is hunched with the effort. Its large, scalloped wings are folded up; it has two long, curving antennae. A furry insect sits in the enclosed bath chair, its head and arms visible through the open window. The bath chair has a domed roof with a scalloped eave, and large, spoked wheels. Following the chair is the second butterfly, giving it a light push with one arm. Its folded wings are spotted and striped. The scene takes place on a fanciful pedestal evoking ancient ruins or a cave grotto, swagged with vines and large flowers. Below, at center, reads 'LA BROUETTE'.

Bound Print, Plate 2 (Suite 1), La Brouette (The Bath Chair), Essai de...
etching on laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-3

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-4

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-5

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-6

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-7

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-8

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-9

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.