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Receiver

2006
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Receiver
  • Artist: William Kentridge (South African, born Johannesburg, 1955)
  • Author: Wisława Szymborska (Polish, Kórnik 1923–2012 Kraków)
  • Publisher: Dieu Donné Papermill
  • Publisher: Galamander Press, New York
  • Printer: Randy Hemminghaus (American, born Canada 1957)
  • Typographer: Ruth Lingen (American, born Minnesota, 1958)
  • Date: 2006
  • Medium: 22 etchings, drypoints and photogravures, on handmade and transparent papers, the full sheets bound (as issued), with a loose photogravure, on handmade paper, with full margins, with the accompanying poems by Wislawa Szymborska, all contained in the original handmade black paper printed wrappers and fabric-covered slipcase
  • Dimensions: 14 3/4 × 11 5/8 × 1 3/16 in. (37.5 × 29.5 × 3 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Susan Gosin, 2018
  • Object Number: 2018.899.1, .2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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