Colophon [text]

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Colophon [text]

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from CANIDAE - Animals of the Dog Kind

Artist Don Cortese (American, born 1935)

Date1967

ClassificationsPrint

MediumLetterpress

DimensionsObject: 16 3/8 × 12 1/16 in. (41.6 × 30.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Patricia and Professor Donald Cortese

Keyword/Subject

Object number2013.0201m

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Colophon text and the quote from Darwin’s Origin of Species

Colophon text and the quote from Darwin’s Origin of Species

Don Cortese

1967

Working Proof for text overprinted multiple times, the quote from Darwin’s Origin of Species and text about wolves

Working Proof for text overprinted multiple times, the quote from Darwin’s Origin of Species and text about wolves

Don Cortese

1967

Colophon, black dog

Colophon, black dog

Don Cortese

1967

Colophon for CANIDAE - Animals of the Dog Kind

Colophon for CANIDAE - Animals of the Dog Kind

Don Cortese

1967

Illustration to Text by Sir Sidney Cockerell

Illustration to Text by Sir Sidney Cockerell

Don Cortese

circa 1968

There are wild dogs that look much like wolves. Some suppose that they were always wild, and others think they are tame dogs that escaped from man, and then became wild.

There are wild dogs that look much like wolves. Some suppose that they were always wild, and others think they are tame dogs that escaped from man, and then became wild.

Don Cortese

1967

But they are not in the United States [running dog with flag]

But they are not in the United States [running dog with flag]

Don Cortese

1967

There are wild dogs [overprinted several times]

There are wild dogs [overprinted several times]

Don Cortese

1967

CANIDAE - like wolves

CANIDAE - like wolves

Don Cortese

1967

It is scarcely possible to doubt that the love of man has become instinctive in the dog. from Darwin’s Origin of Species

It is scarcely possible to doubt that the love of man has become instinctive in the dog. from Darwin’s Origin of Species

Don Cortese

1967

But not in the United States

But not in the United States

Don Cortese

1967

Title page, CANIDAE - Animals of the Dog Kind

Title page, CANIDAE - Animals of the Dog Kind

Don Cortese

1967

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