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Call (David) Linocut Prints Pertaining to the Deaf, Disability Rights and Sign Language
BANC PIC 2013.025--D
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: David Call linocut prints pertaining to the deaf, disability rights and sign language
Creator:
Call, David
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 2013.025--D
Physical Description:
8 prints
in 1 folder
: linocut
; 77 x 56 cm or smaller
Date (inclusive): approximately 2000-2010?
Abstract: Original fine art linocut prints pertaining to the history and social status of the deaf, their struggle for civil rights,
and persons and places associated with the development of sign language.
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[Identification of item], David Call linocut prints pertaining to the deaf, disability rights and sign language, BANC PIC
2013.025, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
David Call linocut prints pertaining to the deaf, disability rights and sign language collection was purchased from Eye Hand
Studio (David Call) in 2012.
Processed by Bancroft Library staff.
Original fine art linocut prints pertaining to the history and social status of the deaf, their struggle for civil rights,
and persons and places associated with the development of sign language. Historical subject matter depicted or alluded to
includes American Sign Language, Martha's Vineyard, Alice Cogswell, the American School for the Deaf, Thomas Gallaudet, Laurent
Clerc, the Abbé de l'Epée, Samuel Heinicke, Ambrose Sicard, Auguste Bebian, Jean Massieu, and Ferdinand Berthier. Themes of
deafness, disability rights and sign language are especially prominent in the artist's metaphorical depiction of hands throughout
the imagery.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Deafness
People with disabilities -- Civil Rights -- Pictorial works
Sign language -- Pictorial works
Call, David