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Libation (1988)

Wood Engraving
Dale DeArmond
Artist's Edition: 100
Edition of Artist Proofs: 10
Edition of Presentation Proofs: 10

Paper type: Archival quality
Print size: 7 ½" x 9"
Image size: 4" x 5"

Hand pulled by the artist on an Ettan etching press at Juneau, Alaska, September, 1988.

Illustration for a Yukon River folktale about the last of the thunderbirds who killed the young hunter's wife. He brought his wife's remains to the river's shore and built a fire and made a libation of food and water to please her shade.

Original price: $35.00