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ARNE WOLF (1929-2013) PLINY EARLE GODDARD (1869-1928) 'THEY SAY!' 1993 IN ENGLISH

Lot 625
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Artist’s book, concertina-folded pages (leporello). Designed, hand-cut, and printed letterpress on Rising Stonehenge by Arne Wolf. The text is adapted from Pliny E. Goddard: Kato Texts. University of California Publications, Am. Arch. Eth. Vol. 5. Berkeley 1912. The Kato Indians inhabited Mendocino Country, CA. This copy is no. AP4/4 in an edition of 30. Copyright Arne Wolf 1993 Berkeley CA. Book (not unfolded) 28,5 x 21,5 x 1,5 cm Arne Wolf - American artist, teacher, and calligrapher, a key figure in the San Francisco Bay Area calligraphy and book arts world. Pliny Earle Goddard - American linguist and ethnologist noted for his extensive documentation of the languages and cultures of the Athabaskan peoples of western North America.


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