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Freedom : a fable : a curious interpretation of the wit of a negress in troubled times : with illustrations /

"'Freedom, a Fable' is an illustrated artist's book with text and pop-up silhouettes. At first glance it appears to be a nineteenth-century children's book, but it is decidedly not. It tells the story of a female slave whose life after emancipation veers far from her dreams...

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Main Author: Walker, Kara Elizabeth, (book artist.)
Corporate Authors: Ruth and Marvin Sackner Fund for the Arts of the Contemporary Book., Smidt Family Modern and Contemporary Art Collection Fund., Toy and Movable Book Collection, Peter Norton Family, (commissioning body,), Typecraft (Firm), (Printer), Lasercraft Inc., Marketing Techniques (Firm)
Contributors: Eisen, David, 1953- (paper engineer.), Silverlake, Timothy, (Typographer), Norton, Peter, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Santa Monica, California] : [Peter Norton Family], 1997.
Series:Peter Norton family Christmas project
Subjects and Genres:
CHR 1997
African American women > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Enslaved women.
African Americans in art.
African American women in art.
Liberty in art.
Toy and movable books.
Pop-up books > Specimens.
Artists' books > California.
Artists' books.
movable books.
silhouettes.
Christmas cards.
moldmade paper.
roman (upright typeface group)
Fiction.
History.
Pop-up books.
Specimens.
Gift books.
Leather bindings (Binding)
Online Access:Book description from NGA exhibition
The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Fund for the Arts of the Contemporary Book Home Page
The Smidt Family Modern and Contemporary Art Collection Fund Home Page
Selected images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cover art and selected pages
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Book description from NGA exhibition
The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Fund for the Arts of the Contemporary Book Home Page
The Smidt Family Modern and Contemporary Art Collection Fund Home Page
Selected images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cover art and selected pages

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Call Number: PS3573 .A42 F74 1997
Copy 1 Available

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