States of Impression: Letterio Calapai from Atelier 17 to "Look Homeward, Angel
Assistant Curator Robin Klaus, PhD, traces Letterio Calapai’s trajectory from experimental Atelier 17 printmaking to the graphite and ink illustrations for Thomas Wolfe’s Look Homeward, Angel, situating the work within Asheville’s early 20th century cultural history.
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