Raven & the 1st Men: Overlooking Wreck Beach

Item number 2500/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Black and white engraved intaglio print. Cross-hatching fills the negative spaces, creating a black background with white figures. Designs on figures are also in black. Main figures are a large raven, three men, and a sun with another figure trampled on the ground. Raven has an arrow-shaped tongue while men have long, curling, extended tongues. Depressed area around image caused by printing plate is approx. 0.4 cm. wide. Inscription is written in pencil below image and reads 'Artists Proof V/V "Raven & the First Men: Overlooking Wreck Beach" Lyle Wilson 09/28/99'. The print is on a horizontally rectangular, white paper piece.