Abelardo Morell

1841 Book of Proverbs for the Blind #1
1995

A close-up black and white photograph of an open book with pages of embossed braille text. The lighting casts shadows on the tactile characters, enhancing the texture of the page.

A close-up black and white photograph of an open book with pages of embossed braille text. The lighting casts shadows on the tactile characters, enhancing the texture of the page.

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Date
1995

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 23 15/16 × 20 1/16in. (60.8 × 51 cm) Image: 22 1/2 × 18 1/8in. (57.2 × 46 cm)

Accession number
2013.115

Series
Books

Edition
11/30

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Arthur and Susan Fleischer

Rights and reproductions
© Abelardo Morell

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Abelardo Morell
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