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The Marmot's Burrow (1988)

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

Paper type: All rag, neutral pH
Print size: 7 ¼" x 9"
Image size: 4" x 5"

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

Illustration for an Eskimo folktale in which Raven is about to eat a fat little marmot but the marmot flatters Raven into showing off his dancing and the marmot escapes into his burrow while Raven is prancing about and taunts Raven for being such a fool.

Original price: $35.00