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Elfriede Abbe

(American, 1919–2012)

“There Wanted Yet the Master Work…”

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Object Details

Artist

Elfriede Abbe

Date

1977

Medium

Large, quarter-fold sheet supporting text and woodcut illustration for the artist’s book: The Creation

Dimensions

Folded dimensions: 14 3/8 × 10 3/4 inches (36.5 × 27.3 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of James Tyler, PhD, Class of 1969, and the Tyler Family in Memory of George Tyler M.D. (1939-2005)

Object
Number

2010.013.011

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