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Maker(s):Bolotin, Jay
Culture:American (1949-2024 )
Title:Dedication Page from The Hidden Boy
Date Made:1985
Type:Print; Portfolio
Materials:woodcut printed in black on thick, slightly textured, white paper
Place Made:United States
Measurements:sheet: 25 3/4 in x 19 3/4 in; 65.4 cm x 50.2 cm
Narrative Inscription:  in pencil along bottom sheet: 2/20 dedication page Jay Bolotin 1985
Accession Number:  SC 2013.69.2
Credit Line:Gift of Anne S. Covert
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art

Description:
two large trees on either side of a rectangle. Inside, two draped women waving flowers, a young male figure lying on the ground between them. Top, a nude man floating in the sky among the leaves overhead with text in the sky: to the poet / Isabella Gardner/ 1915 - 1981 / and for the children / Simone Hannah / and / Ezra Jay. Below, text: I felt like some old Pioneer / so eager to Behold / some wilderness so Gruesome / that it will not be enclosed. imagined, allegorical

Subjects:
Wood-engraving

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