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Portfolio cover for Ce Très Admirable Bestiare Fantastique. Printed black text at center on white ground. Translation: This Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary / Collection of 50 plates plus the title were drawn by Alain Letort, published by Yvon Gay, who holds the rights for all countries of the world, including China and the USSR and in fact the legal submission for the second trimester 1973, and produced by Claude Marie, printer at Honfleur who finished the impression there on April 10, 1973. This original edition of the first work by Alain Letort was printed on Arches Vellum pure cloth to 300 copies, of which 50 copies excluding commerce, numbered from I to L, are reserved for the author, publisher, the national library, municipal libraries, the Ministry of the Interior and the press service and 250 copies numbered from 1 to 250. This copy that bears the number 62 was printed for KING’s GALLERY 52 East 11 Street NEW YORK

Print, Ce Très Admirable Bestiare Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Beasts)
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1

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

Plate 5, VII of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Figure of a grotesque goose in surrealist style, its wings outstretched and its legs and feet formed by lengths of rope tied to two rocks. At the head, the eye is closed, and the beak appears open impossibly wide, creating the illusion of forming two horns. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. The grotesque face of a human figure peers over the horizon line and is partially in view. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 5, VII, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-4

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

Plate 9, VIII of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Distorted male figure at left in surrealist style dressed as a sheriff with a large Western-style hat with long brim, knotted tie, badge, and belt with clips. He also wears short pants fastened high on his torso, exposing his knobby ankles that lead to pointed feet in laced shoes. In his left hand, he holds a long metal leash, which is attached to a large crab at the lower right. Instead of pincers, the crab's legs are made up of tools, including a pick, serrated knife, shears, pliers, and corkscrew. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. The face of a human figure wearing the same style hat as the sheriff peers over the horizon. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 9, VIII, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-10

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

Plate 19, VIII of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Black bird at center with long beak, its body treated with a collage-like texture. With wings outstretched and its left foot raised, it looks down at a hatching egg below, from which is emerging a human thumb. Fragments of the eggshell surround the hatching egg. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. The face and hands of a grotesque human figure peers over the horizon line at right. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 19, VIII, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-16

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

Plate II of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Grotesque hybrid figure at center with the head and torso of a stylized male human and the lower body of a snail. Facial features are stylized, with long strands of hair or antennae extending from the head and snot dripping from the nose. The shoulders are sharp and pointed, supported by long thin arms that rest on the ground. The figure wears a sleeveless shirt to which a runner's bib with the number "2" on it is attached, as if the creature is racing. The lower torso forms the body of a slug with a small snail's shell attached at the center. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. The face and hands of a grotesque human figure peers over the horizon line at right. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate II, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-17

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

Plate 12, X of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Hybrid bird figure at center, its torso and legs typical of a bird, with a large ovoid at its neck and its head ending in a long point. At its rear, a string leads to a furry egg-shaped form with a hole at bottom, possibly suggesting a ball and stick toy. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. The face and hands of a grotesque human figure peers over the horizon line at right. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 12, X, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-23

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

Plate 23, VIII of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Grotesque stylized figure at center draped in large cloak and wearing long pointed shoes raises a candelabrum in his left hand. Each branch of the candelabrum ends in the neck and head of a bird with an open beak and closed eye. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 23, VIII, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-27

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

Plate 18, XI of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). A baby carriage or pram at center, the four corners each ending in a pig's leg and hoof. From the interior of the stroller, the head of a drooling pig emerges from under the shade. A pacifier dangles from a string at the handle. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. The face and hands of a grotesque human figure peers over the horizon line at right. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 18, XI, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-33

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

Print, Plate I, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-39

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

Plate I of the book Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Grotesque female human figure with long strands of antennae-like hair, tied together with a bow at right resembling pigtails. In her right hand she holds a lollipop, which she licks, composed of a large inflated toad on a stick. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. The face and hands of a grotesque human figure peers over the horizon line at left. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate I, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-45

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

Plate 19, VII of the book Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). A large bald male figure with hunched back sniffs a fish skeleton, which he holds to his nose like a flower. At his feet, four other fish skeletons grow from the ground like flowers. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background, the dark sky composed of a hatched checkerboard pattern. The face and hands of a grotesque human figure visible over the horizon line at left. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 19, VII, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-51

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

Cover plate for the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary ). At center, large framed white oval with printed text naming the designer of the book, book title, description, and publisher. Frame surrrounding oval is decorated with an inscribed banner and leafy vegetation at bottom and palmette forms at top. Above, two grotesque and ugly winged figures hold a cornucopia, from which dangles a black spider. Below, a third winged figure gestures upwards with his right hand while covering his mouth with his left hand.

Print, Cover Plate, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-1

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

Plate 10, X of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). At left, a fat male figure with distorted features and long stray hairs holds a large goose to his mouth, blowing into the bird's bill as if it is a trumpet. Another goose stands at lower right looking up at the scene above. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background, composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 10, X, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-2

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

Plate 25, VIII of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). A distorted male figure stands in the foreground, wearing a hat with a large curving brim and long ribbons, a vest, culottes, and large wooden pointed clogs. He holds a metal bucket in his left hand. Behind him is a large array of rocks resembling the silhouette of a turtle or tortoise, with cow udders dripping milk at the right. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. The face of a grotesque human figure wearing a tall hat resembling a phallus peers over the horizon. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 25, VIII, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-8

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

Plate 4, VIII of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Grotesque female figure in surrealist style. She wears a scarf tied around her head and a long dress and has a very long nose and hands, wide legs, and tiny feet in high-heeled shoes. In her right hand she holds a box, and in her left hand she drops a group of nails onto the ground. Below her, a chicken with the head of a hammer pecks at a group of nails she had previously dropped. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 4, VIII, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-14

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

Plate 23, X of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). At left, a bald male figure, in three-quarter view from behind, holds a shovel loaded with coal. He raises the shovel towards a creature, viewed from the back, with the hybrid body of an ostrich and a stove. At the creature's rear, a square door is opened, revealing burning coals inside. Some coals lie on the ground where they have fallen from the shovel as the figure has stoked the fire. The long neck of the bird/stove creature ends in a cylindrical chimney, from which black smoke emerges. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 23, X, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-20

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

Plate 15, XI of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Human/bird hybrid figure at center, with the body and neck of a bird and the face of a bald male human. Figure wears a long pointed mask tied at the back of the head, simulating a beak. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. The face and hands of a grotesque human figure peers over the horizon line at right. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 15, XI, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-26

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

Plate 12, X of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Large black crow-like bird at center, frontal view, its wings raised behind it and its head lowered, its beak clutching wriggling worms that it offers to a baby bird below. The baby bird receives the worms with an open beak; the bird's head is attached to the spring component of an open jack-in-the-box. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 12, X, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-30

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

Plate I of the book Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). A tower of four goose-like black birds, each with its head and neck disappearing into the rear end of the bird above it, the bird at top with an open beak about to trap a small fly. At the base of the tower, to the right of the bottom goose's feet, is a small egg with a baby bird hatching and crying out. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. The face and hands of a grotesque human figure peers over the horizon line at right. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate I, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-36

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

Plate I of the book Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). A large standing black bird, viewed from behind, its wings spread and head pointed up. Its beak is made up of a large pencil tip, and cartoonish outlines of clouds and a sun suggest the bird is drawing elements of the sky in the print with its beak. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate I, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-37

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

Plate II of the book Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). In a blank landscape, the head and hands of a skeletal figure emerge from underground. The head resembles a skull, with open sockets at the eyes and mouth. A large slug moves through the open mouth cavity and emerges from the back of the figure's head. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate II, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-43

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

Plate 10, IX of the book Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). A distorted male figure stands at right, holding a slingshot in his left hand. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. Above the horizon line, two feathered hats fly as if they are birds. At the feet of the figure, a third hat lies bleeding on the ground, a stone from the slingshot near the blood. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 10, IX, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-49

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

Plate 20, II of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Figure of a goose in surrealist style, with elongated curving neck and outstretched wings with pointed spokes along the edges. The legs of the goose end in two curving handles for umbrellas, each held by a disembodied human hand with elongated fingers reaching up out of a body of water; circular ripples radiate around each arm, and each casts a faint shadow on the water. With the legs as umbrella handles, the goose resembles a wind-battered black umbrella. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 20, II, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-5

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

Plate 30, X of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). At lower center, a human skull and parts of a skeleton, including a rib cage and other bones, lie in a sandy landscape. The top of the skull is open, the edges flared out as though something has escaped from inside. Above, a large spider with a human brain as its body dangles from a thread. It casts threads of spiderweb onto the bones below. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 30, X, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-11

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

Plate 19, I of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). At center, grotesque male human figure in surrealist style with elongated wide face. He wears a shirt covering his upper torso, but his lower body is nude. In place of genitalia, the neck and face of a horse extends from the figure's body; he holds in his hands the reins as though he is riding the horse. Behind him is a trail of bodily waste. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. A grotesque human figure peers over the edge of the horizon line. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 19, I, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-12

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

Plate II of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). At left, a coat rack. From a hook at upper right hangs the skull of a steer or bull; the base of the rack has curving legs that end in cow's hooves. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. The face and hands of a grotesque human figure peers over the horizon line at right. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate II, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-18

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

Print, Plate 28, VII, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-24

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

Plate 5, VIII of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Figure of a bird in flight at upper center, wings outstretched and head pointed down, with beak open. Extending from the bird's legs is a trapeze bar. Below, two large bird's legs point upwards, breaking through a plain white surface, cracks radiating outwards. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. The face and hands of a grotesque human figure peers over the horizon line at right. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 5, VIII, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-28

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

Print, Plate 7, VIII, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-34

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

Plate XI of the book Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Grotesque hybrid headless figure in foreground at right with distorted body and long pointed fingers and feet. His face floats where it would appear if he had a head, supported at either side by pointed legs that end in claw-like hands that rest on the figure's shoulders. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. The face of a similar headless grotesque human figure peers over the horizon line at left. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate XI, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-40

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

Plate 13, VIII of the book Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Minimalist landscape, the upper boundary of which is indicated by a curving shaded line at top. Grotesque figure stands behind the hilly horizon line, holding a large fountain pen in his right hand. Ink blots surround the base of the pen, and a long vertical line emerges from its tip at the center of the composition, ending near the bottom, where it is attached to the body of a large spider. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 13, VIII, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-46

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

Print, Plate 25, VII, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-47

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

Plate 8, VI of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Figure of a grotesque goose in surrealist style, its feathers composed of strips of fur and a human foot in the place of its head. At its feet lies a Victorian-style lace-up boot that ends in the form of a goose's head with open beak, echoing the foot form above. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. A crab-like animal hybrid creeps over this horizon line and is partially in view. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 8, VI, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-3

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

Plate 11, IX of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Figure of a grostesque centaur in surrealist style. The head and arms of a distorted male figure with the body of a horse, a long knobbly wooden staff held in his two hands. Rather than hooves, the centaur's feet end in caster wheels. The figure's front right leg is bent backward while the upper body moves forward, suggesting forward motion. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. The face of a grotesque human figure peers over the horizon. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 11, IX, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-9

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

Plate 26, XI of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Black crow-like bird in flight, wings raised and facing towards the right, at upper center. The tail end of its body takes the form of a peeling banana. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. The face and hands of a grotesque human figure peers over the horizon line at right. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 26, XI, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-15

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

Plate 22, XI of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). A stuffed teddy bear figure at center, the seams at his lower stomach split open, revealing many tiny grotesque figures of small human babies, their bodies curled up in the fetal position, many with curling umbilical cords. A few babies spill out onto the ground at bottom. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. The face and hands of a grotesque human figure peers over the horizon line at right. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.

Print, Plate 22, XI, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Donald and Eylene King.
1976-3-1-21

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