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Gueule de Pierre
Mary Reynolds
Full brown morocco binding with die cut on front cover; title stamped in gold on cover; author stamped in gold on spine; decorated endpapers; doublures; top edge gilt; original paper covers bound in · 1934
Art Institute of Chicago

La machine infernale: pièce en 4 actes
Mary Reynolds
Full vellum binding, wine-colored morocco label with gold lettering on spine; vellum end leaves; original paper covers bound in · 1934
Art Institute of Chicago

Poésies
Henri Matisse
Book with letterpress in black and red and 29 etchings in black on cream wove Japanese vellum, bound in brown leather and brown paperboard cover with gold stamped spine · 1932
Art Institute of Chicago

The Campbells Are Coming
John Kane
Oil and gold paint on paper over board · 1932
Museum of Modern Art

Secrets de la jungle (Jungle Ways)
Mary Reynolds
Quarter morocco binding with brown paper; reptile-skin inlays; author and title stamped in gold on spine; original paper covers bound in · 1931
Art Institute of Chicago

Le Chef d'oeuvre inconnu
Pablo Picasso
Text and cover with 67 wood engravings, bound with black tooled leather spine gilded with the title, artist and date, and corners over canvas-covered boards embellished with an impression of the cover wood engraving in gold. 12 etchings hors-texte stored separately. · 1931
Art Institute of Chicago

Muse with Violin Screen
Paul Fehér
Steel, brass; silver and gold plating, cotton velveteen · 1930
Cleveland Museum of Art

La science de Dieu ou La création de l'homme (The Science of God, or The Creation of Man)
Mary Reynolds
Heavy boards covered with calf, green outside and black inside; on the front and back are onlays of frogskin; inside boards are reinforced with secondary boards in green with gold lettering, with facing leaves of decorated paper simulating frog skin; the spine is black calf with vertical lines in blind stamping; original paper covers bound in · 1930
Art Institute of Chicago

La voix humaine: pièce en un acte
Mary Reynolds
Quarter binding in vellum, sides and end papers covered with paper printed with a black and white design in pochoir with paper; author and title stamped in gold on spine; original
paper covers bound in · 1930
Art Institute of Chicago

Le rouge et le blanc (Lucien Leuwen): Roman posthume (1834-1836)
Mary Reynolds
Vol. 1: full red morocco binding; "sten" stamped in gold on spine; decorated endpapers; top edge gilt; Vol. 2: full vellum binding; "dhal" stamped in gold on spine; decorated endpapers; top edge gilt; Paper-covered slipcase with morocco trim; lined with felt · 1929
Art Institute of Chicago

Êtes-vous fous?
Mary Reynolds
One-half brown Nigerian goat skin, marbled paper end leaves; three protruding panels with title in gold tooling on spine; original paper covers bound in · 1929
Art Institute of Chicago

Oscar statuette
Cedric Gibbons
gold · 1928

Oscar statuette
George Stanley
gold · 1928

Presse-papier 'Papillon de nuit'
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
glassblowing on glass, gold leaf · 1928
Rijksmuseum

Panel
F. Schumacher & Co
Silk, wild silk and gold gilt strip wound around silk and wild silk fiber core, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts tied in twill interlacing and self-patterned by ground wefts tied by supplementary binding warps in plain weave backed by twill interlacing · 1928
Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, from Constellation Suite
Victor de Vasarely
Serigraph in black and gold on white wove paper · 1928
Art Institute of Chicago

Antigone: Les mariés de la Tour Eiffel
Mary Reynolds
One-quarter vellum binding, sides covered with white paper speckled with stamped blue stars; author and title stamped in gold on spine; original paper covers bound in · 1928
Art Institute of Chicago

Cream Pitcher and Sugar Bowl
Peter Müller-Munk
Sterling silver, gold, and ebony · 1927
Art Institute of Chicago

Chess Set
Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
Brass, silver, and gold; Case: wood, faux-leather, silk, cotton, iron alloy hinges, and copper alloy clasps · 1927
Art Institute of Chicago

La Cité
Eugène Atget
Developing-out-paper print (gold-toned), printed 1981 by Chicago Albumen Works · 1927
Museum of Modern Art

Brooch
Marie Zimmermann
Gold, amber, and opals · 1926
Art Institute of Chicago

Maison de santé
Mary Reynolds
Full vellum binding with star-shaped cutouts on front and back covers with black threads; title on front cover in black ink; author stamped in gold on spine; maroon endpapers; original paper covers bound in · 1926
Art Institute of Chicago

Coiffeur, Palais Royal
Eugène Atget
Albumen silver print (gold-toned), printed 1978 by Chicago Albumen Works · 1926
Museum of Modern Art

Muse with Violin Screen
Paul Fehér
Steel, brass; silver and gold plating, cotton velveteen · 1925
Cleveland Museum of Art