Art canadien classique
Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hémon, illustrated by Clarence A. Gagnon
Edition of 2,000 numbered copies plus an additional 160. This copy is no. 1812.
This book is available at our Montreal gallery
$1,500
The McMichael Collection wrote that the 1933 Éditions Mornay publication of Maria Chapdelaine, containing 54 illustrations by Clarence A. Gagnon, is “…arguably the most famous illustrated book by a Canadian artist.”
Maria Chapdelaine tells the story of a young woman living on a remote Quebec farm who must choose between three suitors-and three possible futures.
The precise paintings Gagnon chose to reproduce in Maria Chapdelaine are in the McMichael Collection and considered by the McMichael as among the great treasures of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
Published in an edition of 2,000 numbered copies plus an additional 160, the book offered here is numbered 1812. It is in good condition.
Maria Chapdelaine tells the story of a young woman living on a remote Quebec farm who must choose between three suitors-and three possible futures.
The precise paintings Gagnon chose to reproduce in Maria Chapdelaine are in the McMichael Collection and considered by the McMichael as among the great treasures of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
Published in an edition of 2,000 numbered copies plus an additional 160, the book offered here is numbered 1812. It is in good condition.
