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Preface page, from 18 Cantos by Barnett Newman — VisualArtsDB

Preface page, from 18 Cantos

Preface page, from 18 Cantos

1964

Medium: Letterpress on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 57.3 × 44.5 cm (22 9/16 × 17 9/16 in.)
Genre: letterpress
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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letterpressprintprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)

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