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Artist Martin Puryear (American, born 1941)

Publisher The Arion Press, San Francisco, California

Author Jean Toomer (American, 1894-1967)

Date2000

Dimensionspage: 11 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (292 x 251mm)
book: 11 13/16 x 14 3/16 in. (300 x 360mm)
slipcase: 13 3/4 x 15 1/16 in. (350 x 383mm)
sheet: 16 13/16 x 20 5/8 in. (427 x 524mm)
portfolio: 18 3/16 x 21 13/16 in. (462 x 554mm)

MediumBook with 10 woodblock prints and letterpress text, plus portfolio of 7 woodblock prints, housed in artist’s wooden slipcase

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

2001.4E

Not on View

Published Referenceshttp://www.arionpress.com/forthcom.htm cf. Johnson, Robert Flynn, Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870--2000: The Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books, San Francisco, 2001, no. 180 [The following citations illuminate his style and past production.] exhibition catalogues: c.f. Neal David Benezra, Martin Puryear. New York, New York: Thames and Hudson; Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1993, c1991). articles: c.f. Goodman, Jonathan, "Martin Puryear," Art News, 94 (September 1995) p. 142-3. c.f. Melrod, George, "Skill, vision, and craft," Art & Antiques 18 (June 1995) p. 39-40+. c.f. Princenthal, Nancy, "Martin Puryear," American Craft v. 52 (February/March 1992) p. 34-7. Reich, Paula, Toledo Museum of Art Map and Guide, London, Scala and Toledo Museum of Art, 2005, p. 63, repr. (col.).Exhibition HistoryIn Focus: Martin Puryear: May-June 2001 (no cat.).

Toledo Museum of Art, PICTURE ID: Contemporary African American Works on Paper, March 14-June 14, 2020.