Print from Open the Gates
Artist
Edward Colker
(American, born 1927)
Date2006
Medium10 pages of printed text in letterpress and six lithographs with pochoir on white wove paper, each contained in a folder with title and colophon printed in letterpress, all within a linen-covered clamshell box
Dimensionssheet (lithographs): 38.3 x 28.2 cm (15 1/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
box: 42.5 x 21.2 x 3 cm (16 3/4 x 8 3/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
box: 42.5 x 21.2 x 3 cm (16 3/4 x 8 3/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of the Artist
Object number2007.72.2
DescriptionA portfolio of images and language inspired by the Dave Brubeck’s cantata “The Gates of Justice,” drawing on texts from the Hebrew Bible, the Union Prayer Book, the writings of Hillel, the speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr., and original texts by Iola Brubeck. includeds facsimile frontpiece printed as digital ink-jet
ProvenanceEdward Colker, Mount Kisco, NY
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