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1969

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2021

2024

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Chapbook, Spirits Unchained

This is a Chapbook. It was designed by Bruce Heath and written by Keorapetse Kgositsile and published by Broadside Press. It is dated 1969 and we acquired it in 2021. Its medium is cover: offset lithograph on paper; interior: letterpress on paper. It is a part of the department.

This object was donated by Ellen Lupton. It is credited Gift of Ellen Lupton.

Its dimensions are

21.6 × 14 × 0.3 cm (8 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 1/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Chapbook, Spirits Unchained; Designed by Bruce Heath; Written by Keorapetse Kgositsile (South African, 1938–2018); Published by Broadside Press; cover: offset lithograph on paper; interior: letterpress on paper; 21.6 × 14 × 0.3 cm (8 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 1/8 in.); Gift of Ellen Lupton; 2021-34-1

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