Abraham Lincoln: A Biography in Woodcuts

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Charles Turzak

Title

Abraham Lincoln: A Biography in Woodcuts

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.

1933

Medium

Slim volume with 36 woodcuts on French folded bible stock bound and hand stitched, with black cover

Dimensions

Sheet: 17.8 × 12.8 cm (7 1/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Book: 18.5 × 14.4 × 0.8 cm (7 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 3/8 in.); Box: 19.2 × 14.5 × 1.2 cm (7 9/16 × 5 3/4 × 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Joan Turzak Van Hees, Charles Turzak's Daughter

Reference Number

2000.126

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