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Arakawa, Edgar Allan Poe, and others

Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe

1990

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Arakawa, Edgar Allan Poe, and others

Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe

Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe

1990

Physical Qualities Bound volume with letterpress text and eight photoengravings, Book: 352 x 254 x 22 mm. (13 7/8 x 10 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sandra Levi Gerstung, Baltimore
Object Number 2009.180
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2009; Sandi Levi Gerstung, Baltimore; Ryda H. Levi, Baltimore; Arion Press by subscription
Doreen Bolger, BMA, "Edgar Allan Poe: A Baltimore Icon and His Artistic Legacy," 4 October 2009 - 17 January 2010.

Inscribed: on colophon, center in blue ink: "Arakawa"

Artist

Arakawa

1935–2009

1936-2010
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Author

Edgar Allan Poe

1808–1848

American, 1809-1849
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Publisher

Arion Press

2000–2000

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1877
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1974
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1899
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1867
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