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Title: Receiver
Artist:
William Kentridge (South African, born Johannesburg, 1955)
Author:
Wisława Szymborska (Polish, Kórnik 1923–2012 Kraków)
Publisher:
Dieu Donné Papermill
Publisher:
Galamander Press, New York
Printer:
Randy Hemminghaus (American, 20th–21st century)
Typographer:
Ruth Lingen (American, born Minnesota, 1958)
Date: 2006
Medium: 22 etchings, drypoints and photogravures, on handmade and transparent papers, the full sheets bound (as issued), with a loose photogravure, on handmade paper, with full margins, with the accompanying poems by Wislawa Szymborska, all contained in the original handmade black paper printed wrappers and fabric-covered slipcase
Dimensions: 14 3/4 × 11 5/8 × 1 3/16 in. (37.5 × 29.5 × 3 cm)
Classifications: Books, Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Susan Gosin, 2018
Object Number: 2018.899.1, .2
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