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Maker(s):Baskin, Leonard; Shahn, Ben; Owen, Wilfred
Culture:American (1922-2000); American (1898-1969); English (1893-1918)
Title:Announcement folder for book: Thirteen Poems by Wilfred Owen
Date Made:1956
Type:Print
Materials:Wood engraving on front page in red and wood engraving on back page in black on cream wove paper
Measurements:sheet: 12 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 24.13 cm; image (pomogranate tree): 3 5/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 9.2075 cm x 5.3975 cm; image (owl): 1 1/8 in x 15/16 in; 2.8575 cm x 2.38125 cm; text: 9 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 24.13 cm x 11.43 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: frnt. pg., ctr., above tree (black ink): .E.L.B.; frnt. pg., ctr., below tree (black ink): GEHENNA PRESS; bck. pg., lwr. ctr. (black ink): ESTHER & LEONARD BASKIN . . . THE GEHENNA PRESS . . . TITANS PIER . . . SOUTH HADLEY, MASS.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.625.1
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Part of a group of 3 related objects, this object is a three page announcemen folder: the front page being a Gehenna Press device in red of a pomegranate tree with inscriptions above and below; the inside page has publication copy about the book and decorative designs in red and black; and the back page has a mark for Richard Warren (owl in a circle with initials RW below it) in black centered near bottom with a horizontal band of asterisks in red and copy in black.

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