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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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Summary: "'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 of meritocracy, revealing that Freedom, a Fable is not just the title of the work but is also the lesson to be learned"--National Gallery of Art website, viewed June 14, 2016.
Item Description: "Presented to you this Christmas '97 by the Peter Norton Family benefactors."
"Edition of 4,000"--Title page verso.
"Each year the Peter Norton Family commissions an art edition to celebrate the Christmas season and holidays. This year's is a pop-up silhouette book by Kara Walker ... The Peter Norton Christmas Project 1997"--Title page verso.
"Pop-up design by David Eisen, Eisen Architects, Inc., Boston, MA. Laser cutting by Lasercraft, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA. Text designed by Timothy Silverlake, Valencia, CA. Printed by Typescraft, Inc., Pasadena, CA. Binding by Roswell Book Binders, Phoenix, AZ. Assembled and fulfilled by Marketing Techniques, Inc., Carlsbad, CA."--Title page verso.
"The future vision of a soon-to-be emancipated 19th century Negress"--Preliminary leaf.
Offset lithographs and five laser-cut, pop-up silhouettes on wove paper.
"We have used Ransom Group Antique, designed by Kevin Willis and Attic Antique, designed by Brian Willson. The white paper stock for this book is 130 lb. Classic Crest Cover; the black, 65lb. Curtis Tuscan Antique Cover; the cover, Bonded leather with Norwegian finish"--Colophon.
Christmas card with photo of Norton children laid in, biography and note on the author/artist on verso.
Issued in glassine paper envelope and brown cardboard packing case.
Physical Description: 28 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN: 0966013905
9780966013900

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