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Artist
Martin Puryear American, born 1941
Author
Jean ToomerAmerican, 1897–1967
CultureAmerican
Titles
- [Book in slipcase]
- for the portfolio Cane
Date2000
PlaceUnited States
MediumA) Leather, paper
B) African wenge, Swiss pear, American walnut, and sugar maple
DimensionsBook: 11 3/4 × 14 1/8 in. (29.8 × 35.9 cm)
Case: 13 3/4 × 15 1/16 in. (35 × 38.2 cm)
Case: 13 3/4 × 15 1/16 in. (35 × 38.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Arch and Stella Rowan Foundation, Inc.
Object number2001.190.8.A,.B
Not on view
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Signed in pencil on the colophon page: "Martin Puryear"
Printed on the front and back cover "CANE/JEAN TOOMER"
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