A Toad and a Crow (Wang Hui-Ming)
Wang Hui-Ming was born in the Republic of China in 1922, taught at Yale from 1951–61, then taught at UMass Amherst from 1964 to 1989, illustrated a Gehenna Press book, made this woodcut with a parable about perspective in 1970, and died in 2006. Printed straight from the block in an edition of 275 copies, it’s a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma with curious lettering.
- Size: 16 × 24 inches
- Pages: 1 sheet
- Medium: Woodcut + letterpress
- Binding: NA
- Condition: Near fine with minor dimples from the fact that it’s been around for fifty-five years and was printed on too-thin paper that looks great and prints well but was not made to be handled.
- Publisher: Gehenna Press, 1970