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Art Institute of Chicago

A Negro Bible

Letterio Calapai

1946, bound in 1992

Attribution
Letterio Calapai American, 1902-1993
Medium
Bound portfolio of 45 wood engravings in black on cream Japanese paper, hinged onto ivory wove paper; half-black leather binding with front cover panel printed with linocut in black on ivory wove (Japanese) paper, designed by artist
Physical dimensions
Slip case: 42 × 31 cm (16 9/16 × 12 1/4 in.); Binding: 40.7 × 30.7 cm (16 1/16 × 12 1/8 in.); Bound page: 40 × 28.5 cm (15 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)
Credit line
Gift of Joel S. Dryer
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