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Letter from Birmingham City Jail

2007

Faith Ringgold

Artist, American, 1930 - 2024

Martin Luther King Jr.

Author

Limited Editions Club, New York

Publisher

Curlee Raven Holton

Printer, American, born 1951

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Artwork overview

Medium

illustrated book with eight screenprints
Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Fine in honor of Michele Wallace
Dimensions

overall (closed): 39.8 × 33.2 × 4.9 cm (15 11/16 × 13 1/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
Accession

2021.80.27.1-8

Plate from Letter from Birmingham City Jail

Faith Ringgold, Martin Luther King Jr., Limited Editions Club, New York, Curlee Raven Holton

2007

Frontispiece from Letter from Birmingham City Jail

Faith Ringgold, Martin Luther King Jr., Limited Editions Club, New York, Curlee Raven Holton

2007

Plate from Letter from Birmingham City Jail

Faith Ringgold, Martin Luther King Jr., Limited Editions Club, New York, Curlee Raven Holton

2007

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; to Ruth Fine, Philadelphia; gift to NGA, 2021

Associated Names

Fine, Ruth

Inscriptions

"Faith Ringgold" colophon, graphite.

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