Letterio Calapai (1902–1993)

Untitled ["...Deep womb..."]

n.d.

text and border etching in brick red ink on cream Japanese paper

paper: 10 1/8 x 8 7/8 inches; overall plate size: 8 5/16 x 6 3/16; plate size for wood engraving in black ink/white background with “Deep womb” print : 3 ¼ x 4 ¾; plate size for text: 3 ¼ x 4 ¾

Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Dr. Kathryn L. Francis, 2017

text: “Deep womb, dark flower. / The Hidden. The secret fruit, / heart-red, fed by rich Indian / blood. / Womb-night brooding darkness / flowering secretly into life.” Inscribed “©” bottom left in plate; “Artist’s proof” bottom left below plate; “L. Calapai —” bottom right below plate; “(1)” bottom left corner of paper; “(5)” bottom right corner of paper