Día Mambí

2011

Not on view

An artist's book consisting of a printed, cut and collaged cardboard slip with hand-coloring in the shape of a man in military uniform; the slip opens at bottom to house a poem printed on commercial white paper and folded to fit inside the slip.

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Title: Día Mambí
Artist: Rolando Estévez Jordán (Cuban, born Matanzas, 1953)
Author: Sergio Garcia Zamora (Cuban, born Esperanza, 1986)
Printer: Ediciones Vigía
Publisher: Ediciones Vigía
Date: 2011
Medium: Mimeograph with hand-coloring and collage
Dimensions: Figure: 16 5/16 × 10 1/4 in. (41.5 × 26 cm)
Text (unfolded): 45 11/16 × 5 3/16 in. (116 × 13.2 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Nadine M. Orenstein, 2013
Object Number: 2013.195
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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