Books > The Wolf-Girl of Midnapore
Based on the true story of Kamala, a feral child captured in India in 1920, this book features 6 original intaglio/aquatint etching prints set against Indian papers and two letterpress-printed texts, consisting of an original short story narrating Kamala’s experience, and a historical chronology of her life. The book’s rich colors and rough edges combine with a classical scholarly presentation to evoke Kamala’s varied experiences: raised in the animal realm of vivid senses and immediate needs, then forced into the world of a Christian Missionary orphanage, where she eventually evolves language, bipedalism, and her own fierce aesthetic appreciation for the color red. 6” x 8″ x 1”.
Edition of 15. Nearly sold out. $1450.
Where to view The Wolf-Girl of Midnapore:
Amherst College, Frost Library, Archives and Special Collections, Amherst, MA.
Library of Congress, Rare Books and Special Collections Division, Washington DC.
Ringling College of Art and Design, Brizdle-Schoenberg Special Collections Center, Sarasota, FL.
Savannah College of Art & Design, Jen Library, Savannah GA.
Scripps College, Denison Library, Rare Book Room, Claremont, CA.
Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA.
Stanford University, Special Collections, Palo Alto, CA.
Trinity College, Watkinson Library, Special Collections. Hartford, CT
Tufts University/ School of Museum of Fine Art, W. Van Alan Clark Library, Boston, MA.
Watkinson Library, Special Collections, Trinity College, CT.
Yale University Library, Art of the Book Collection., CT.