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Lid for Backwards

Artist Robin Utterback (American, 1949-2007)
Date1992
DimensionsBox: H: 8 in. (20.3 cm); W: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); Depth: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
MediumLid to box
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineGift of Marilyn Symmes
Object number
2015.44A
Not on View
DescriptionTan paper-covered box with etching, artist's biography, and colophon Tan paper-covered box with etching, artist's biography, and colophon. 1/500, unnumbered Octavo box (8 x 6 1/4 x 1 inches). Original tan paper-covered box with black and tan lettering on cover. One tan card stock sheet with brief biography of artist and colophon on verso. Eighth title of a series published by Bayou Books and commissioned by the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, featuring a color etching on Japan paper wrapped in a heavy paper folder. Possibly four etchings were produced for the project, however buyers had the option to purchase fewer. This copy contains only one etching initialed "RU 1992" in pencil on verso.

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