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Maker(s):Legge, Willow; Published by Circle Press
Culture:British (1934-)
Title:An African Folktale
Date Made:1979
Type:Artist's Book
Materials:Set of 18 blind-embossed intaglio linoleum and silkscreen prints and one loose embossed print on Somerset mould-made paper; edition 78/200
Place Made:Europe; England; Guildford
Measurements:Sheet: 14 7/8 in x 22 3/4 in; 37.8 cm x 57.8 cm
Accession Number:  UM 1980.28.a-j
Credit Line:Gift of Robert F. Dibble through the Martin S. Ackerman Foundation
Museum Collection:  University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMASS Amherst

Description:
Mythology, animal, nature. Adaptation of an Efik Ibibio folktale illustrated with 18 blind-embossed intaglio designs printed from carved linoleum with some silk screen. Text printed letter-press in 30 pt Baskerville. 200 copies, 45 proofs – ten unbound 4 pp sections – 38 x 29 cm and one signed, loose embossed print, on Somerset mould-made paper in canvas-coloured solander box with a blocked crab motif. Published by Circle Press, London.

Subjects:
screen prints; Silk

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