The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche (1951)

Illustrated by Edmund Dulac

 

 

To the left, we show a rare copy of The Marriage of Cupid

and Psyche - as retold by Walter Pater from The Golden Ass

of Lucius Apuleius - illustrated by Edmund Dulac under

commission of The Limited Editions Club (New York) in

1951.

 

This example retains the original decoratively gilt-stamped

red cloth cover.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

The contributions from Dulac for The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche form the penultimate suite of illustrations from the

great artist that were ever to be produced for print - and the final illustrations that were to be published prior to his death.

 

The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche was published in America only and was bought to print through a contractual

arrangement between George Macy's The Limited Editions Club and Dulac that was also responsible for The Golden

Cockerel (1950) and Comus (1954). Dulac is credited with the inspiration for the concept, with his suggestion for the

project following his own rejection of two previous proposals generated by Macy.

 

There is little doubt that Dulac drew on his previous work in illustrating Greek tales as the basis of the artwork for

The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, but the colours and other rendering is unique among his portfolio of work and is closely

reminiscent of images produced with a pastel technique, rather than watercolour.

 

 

Our Greeting Cards and Reproduction Prints

 

 

For connoisseurs of Dulac's work, we have prepared sets of 6 Greeting Cards displaying each of his colour images for The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche and on the left, we show an example of how these Greeting Cards appear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Code: ED MCP CS(6)
Price: US$30.00

 

When presented on Greeting Cards, these images are prepared as tipped-in plates - in hommage to the hand-crafted

approach typical of prestige illustrated publications produced in the early decades of the 20th Century. Each card is

hand-finished and and the images are presented on Ivory card stock with an accompanying envelope. The rear of each

card carries information about Edmund Dulac, this wonderful suite and the profiled illustration - we have left the interior

of the cards blank so that you may write your own personal message.

 

Should you wish to order a Reproduction Print of one or more of these images, we have provided some options below.

Each of these large format prints is also accompanied by information about Edmund Dulac, this suite and the profiled

illustration.

 

To purchase, simply click on the appropriate "Add to Cart" button and you will be taken through to our Shopping Cart

secured through PayPal. Multiple purchases will be consolidated by that feature and shipping and handling costs to any

destination in the world are accommodated by our flat-rate fee of US$20 for every US$200 worth of purchases.

 

Of course, should you wish to discuss some customised options, we welcome your contact on any matter through

ThePeople@SpiritoftheAges.com.

 

In the meantime, enjoy perusing these wonderful images from Edmund Dulac.

 

 

The colour illustrations

 

Untitled Frontispiece

 

 

"Give thy mother a full revenge"

"Enter and relieve your sorrow"

"Love himself reclined there"

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: ED MCP 1 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: ED MCP 2 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: ED MCP 3 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: ED MCP 4 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 
   

"Suffer me to hide myself"

 

 

"A watch dog exceeding fierce"

    

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: ED MCP 5 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: ED MCP 6 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00