Twelve Fables of Aesop

Antonio Frasconi Uruguayan-American
Author Aesop Greek
Publisher The Spiral Press American
1954
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  • Title: Twelve Fables of Aesop
  • Artist: Antonio Frasconi (Uruguayan-American (born Argentina), Buenos Aires 1919–2013 New York)
  • Author: Aesop (Greek, ca. 620–560 BCE)
  • Publisher: The Spiral Press (New York, NY)
  • Published in: New York
  • Date: 1954
  • Medium: Linocut
  • Dimensions: sheet: 9 3/4 x 15 in. (24.8 x 38.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Spiral Press, 1955
  • Object Number: 55.522
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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