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Lecture by David R. Godine, Publisher

Friday, July 23, 2010
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Lecture will be followed by a reception, special collections tour, and book signing.
Museum Lecture Hall, The Getty Center

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the David R. Godine publishing house, David Godine will give a public lecture focusing on letterpress books made by his company between 1970 and 1985 and collected by the GRI. This lecture encompasses the early letterpress titles, as well as the transitional titles produced through offset printing. In addition, Godine will address the future of the book in the new world of electronic publishing.

His book, Godine at Forty: A Retrospective of Four Decades in the Life of an Independent Publisher will be published in November 2010.

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May 18–October 17, 2010

Printing the Grand Manner explores the form, content, and function of late 17th-century reproductive engravings that, given their quality and impressive size, were meant to evoke the grandeur of Charles Le Brun's large-scale paintings and tapestry designs. Despite the fact that no other moment in the history of art witnessed such a concerted production of unusually grand reproductive prints, this visually compelling group of images has not drawn the attention of specialists or the public (in part, because the prints are difficult to handle and display). The exhibition examines the prints' rich vocabulary and illuminates the context of their production between the mid-1660s and 1690. It also calls out the relationship between Le Brun and his printmakers, while interpreting the prints and their inscriptions in light of debates regarding allegories, narratives, and the representation of Louis XIV.

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Charles Le Brun and Monumental Prints in the Age of Louis XIV

by Louis Marchesano and Christian Michel

This volume illuminates an extraordinary moment in the intertwined history of painting and printmaking in Europe. The brilliant age of Louis XIV saw the creation of a group of unusually large prints—some of which measure a fantastic five feet by three feet when assembled—that reproduced works by the French king's remarkably inventive court painter, designer, and arts administrator, Charles Le Brun (1619–1690).

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The GRI recently acquired an important group of letters and postcards from the Belgian surrealist René Magritte.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times coverage.