Arakawa, Edgar Allan Poe, and others

Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe

1991

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Artist: Arakawa
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Arion Press

Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe

1991

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"

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