Jean de la Fontaine Selected Fables Illustrated by Alexander Calder, 1957 handmade figures with individualized faces

with individualized faces

This bear is in excellent condition

with two tiny dots for a nose

which can make them very naughty

Jean de la Fontaine Selected Fables Illustrated by Alexander Calder, 1957 handmade figures with individualized facesI was just saw a beautiful Alexander Calder show at Moma and have had Calder on the brain, so was delighted to find this one this weekend, which I think is pure joy. Jean de La Fontaine (1621 95) collected fables from a wide variety of sources, both Western and Eastern, and adapted them into French free verse, publishing these in several volumes from 1668 to 1694, which became classics of French literature. For this book published by George Brazilier,