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Natural History

Date:

1960

Artist:

Walter Stein (American, born 1924)
written by Jules Renard (French, 1864-1910)
translated by Philip Hofer (American, 1898-1984)
published by Department of Printing & Graphics Arts of the Harvard College Library (American, 20th century)
printed by The Meriden Gravure Company (American, 20th century) and The Stinehour Press (American, 20th century)
bound by Arno Werner (German, 1899-1995)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Walter Stein

Title

Natural History

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1960

Medium

Book with lithographs, tipped in, offset lithographs and letterpress in black on cream wove paper, in slipcase

Dimensions

Slipcase: 22.7 × 27.4 × 1.7 cm (8 15/16 × 10 13/16 × 11/16 in.); Book: 22.1 × 27.3 × 1.2 cm (8 3/4 × 10 3/4 × 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg in memory of Bessie Kisloff Braude, Esq.

Reference Number

2014.545

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