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Alice Neel, Edgar Allan Poe, and others

The Fall of the House of Usher

1984

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The Fall of the House of Usher

1984

Physical Qualities Bound volume with letterpress text and one full-page etching, two full-page color lithographs, and two relief prints within the text, Book: 396 x 293 x 12 mm. (15 9/16 x 11 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Ryda Hecht Levi Collection of Illustrated Books, Gift under the Will of Ryda H. Levi
Object Number 2009.243
Raphael Soyer wrote the dedication to Neel who died in the middle of the project. Only his signature appears on the colophon.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2009; Ryda H. Levi, Baltimore; Limited Editions Club by subscription

Inscribed: on colophon, lower right in graphite: "Raphael Soyer"

Artist

Alice Neel

1899–1983

born Gladwyne, PA 1900; died New York, NY 1984
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Author

Edgar Allan Poe

1808–1848

American, 1809-1849
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