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Dame Folly Speaks

Dame Folly Speaks, 1972

  • Fritz Eichenberg, American, 1901-1990
  • Aquarius Press, American, active 1970/1979
  • James Lanier, American, active 1970/1979

Wood engraving printed in black ink on japanese mulberry paper

  • Block: 18 × 11 7/8 inches (45.7 × 30.2 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 × 14 inches (50.5 × 35.6 cm)

Gift of John K. and Donna M. Dunn

1998.152.1

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Details

Signed, on block, lower left: EICHENBERG Signed, in pencil, lower right: Fritz Eichenberg

John K. and Donna M. Dunn

1998-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Fritz Eichenberg, Dame Folly Speaks, 1972, wood engraving printed in black ink on Japanese mulberry paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of John K. and Donna M. Dunn, 1998.152.1.

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