Accession number
PML 129317.8
Creator
DePol, John, 1913-2004, wood engraver.
Published
[New York], [1993]
Credit line
Gift of John DePol, 1993.
Notes
For a reproduction of this block, see PML 129317.
Description
1 printing plate.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by the artist in ink on the verso of the block: The Gutenberg press, a wood engraving by John De Pol for the Morgan Library, 12.2.1993.
Summary
A wood block depicting Johann Gutenberg's printing press, engraved by John DePol and used to print the keepsake publication Johann Gutenberg's printing press: hypothetical reconstruction, the Gutenberg Museum, Mainz (New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994) on the occasion of the Morgan's exhibition Gutenberg and the Genesis of Printing, Jan. 19-Apr. 17, 1994.
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