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The Song of the Flea, from A Bestiary by Aubrey Schwartz — VisualArtsDB

The Song of the Flea, from A Bestiary

The Song of the Flea, from A Bestiary

Aubrey Schwartz

1962

Medium: Letterpress in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 45.9 × 38.4 cm (18 1/8 × 15 1/8 in.)
Genre: letterpress
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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letterpressprintprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)

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