Plan de Paris

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Plan de Paris

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Title:
Plan de Paris
Description:
Created by Ilonka Karasz in 1927, this playfully illustrated tourist guide to Paris highlights the delights found on the city’s labyrinthine streets. As a designer and illustrator, Karasz was among the first women to attend the influential Vienna Workshop, and was subsequently granted opportunities generally reserved for men. She created several maps and designed in wide variety of other media, including 186 "New Yorker" magazine covers spanning 30 years.
Artist:
Karasz, Ilonka, 1896-1981
Publisher:
Washington Square Book Shop (New York, N.Y.)
Name on Item:
drawn by Ilonka Karasz
Date:
1927
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Paris (France)--Maps
Places:
France > Île-de-France (region) > Paris
Extent:
1 map : color ; 60 x 82 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
New York, NY : Washington Square Book Shop
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:14,300
Language:
English
Notes:
Pictorial map.
Includes illustrations.
Indexed for points of interest.
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "Crossing Boundaries: Art // Maps" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library, 2018-2019.
Identifier:
06_01_014797
Call #:
G5834.P3A5 1927 .K37
Barcode:
39999065706754