Collection Hiroshima

Hiroshima

Jacob Lawrence, Artist Ben Shiff, Designer The Studio Heinrici, New York, Printer The Limited Editions Club, New York, Publisher + 2 more

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Hiroshima

1983

Jacob Lawrence (Artist) American, 1917-2000 Ben Shiff (Designer) American The Studio Heinrici, New York (Printer) American, active 1950 - present The Limited Editions Club, New York (Publisher) American, active 1950 - present John Hersey (Writer) American, 1914 - 1993 Robert Penn Warren (Writer) American, 1905 - 1989

Letterpress text and screenprints on white somerset paper bound within the book

Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 1/4 inches (31.8 × 23.5 cm)

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African American Art

Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund

2001.84

© 2005 Estate of Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Signed, in pencil on the colophon: John Hersey | Robert Penn Warren | Jacob Lawrence

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2001-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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© 2005 Estate of Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Jacob Lawrence; John Hersey; Robert Penn Warren; et al., Hiroshima, 1983, letterpress text and screenprints on white Somerset paper bound within the book. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 2001.84.

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