Laurels
date: label: date made
content: 1947
name: label: papermaker
content: Howell, Douglass Morse
label: designer
content: Ritter, Chris
notes: label: Description
content: Relief print in green, brown, black, and gold on blue sheet of handmade paper.Title imprinted on front: Laurels. Design of plants with prominent leaves. Cream handmade sheet wrapped to form the spine which attaches to pale green Bristol board rear cover.
label: Description
content: Laurels Number One, a portfolio published by Chris Ritter in New York in May, 1947, includes six original prints by different artists: two engravings, one wood engraving, one etching, one drypoint, one lithograph. Texts and poems juxtaposed with prints; some individual sheets of paper were handmade by Douglass Howell who also printed some of the texts. Edition 68/300.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ingrid R. Rose in memory of Milton R. Rose
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0197.02
label: accession number
content: 2015.0197
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0197.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: portfolio cover
label: Object Type
content: handmade paper
label: Object Type
content: relief prints
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: sheet: 42.5 cm x 30 cm; 16 23/32 in x 11 13/16 in