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Kara Walker, The Peter Norton Family Foundation, and others

Freedom: A Fable

1996

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Freedom: A Fable

1996

Physical Qualities Bound volume with offset-printed text and adhered, laser-cut black paper pop-up designs, 9 3/8 × 8 3/8 in. (23.8 × 21.3 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Brenda Edelson, Santa Fe
Object Number 2019.216
See publisher information in front, and colophon at the end of the volume, for details on printing, binding, and assembly: Bound volume with offset-printed text and laser-cut black paper pop-up designs adhered to pages throughout the book; Blind-embossed leather covers (SH)
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2019; Brenda Edelson

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