Sleep Walker and Hypnotist, Fourth State
Date1902
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration CitationFrère Jacques, Volume I, by Charles Paul de Kock, Bibliomaniac ed. (Boston: Frederick J. Quinby Co., 1903).
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 5 5/8 × 4 1/8 in. (14.3 × 10.5 cm)
sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 7/8 in. (21 × 17.5 cm)
sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 7/8 in. (21 × 17.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1980
Object number1980-75.8
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe Bibliomaniac Edition was the most expensive of several editions of the Paul De Kock series offered by Frederick J. Quinby & Co. The pricier editions featured finer papers, more elaborate bindings, and more hand-worked illustrations. The etchings for the Bibliomaniac Edition (originally advertised at $500 per volume!) were printed on vellum with remarques below the main images. This proof on vellum was likely produced as a test for this edition. Unfortunately, vellum is not an ideal surface for etching, so the printing is finer in the less pricey editions.