Lovers of Wisdom

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1961

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Variant Date: 1963.
Medium: Woodcut.
Print Image Size: 32 5/8 x 21 1/4 inches.
Print Edition: 20-40.
Alternate Medium: Woodcut.
Ink(s): black.
Support: laid paper.
Two academics, one of which holds an owl mask as a symbol of wisdom. Actual owls perch on his mortarboard and the other's shoulder, the style of which is derived from drawings by his son Jon. The woodcut was reproduced in 1988 as the Ohio State exhibition poster. Similar imagery can be seen in Message from Delphi [CMA 2001.034.266].

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