Title	Ashok Davar's "Talking Works: A Unique Alphabet Book", T artwork
Date	1969-08-17
Subject	Art Books
Organization-Building	Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Geographic Subject	Philadelphia (Pa.)
Description	"'This is a work of abstract art and also a book of philosophy describing the nature of things.' That's the description applied to Ashok Davar's 'Talking Works: A Unique Alphabet Book' by Kneeland McNulty, the Philadelphia Museum of Art's curator of prints and drawing. The museum has placed in its permanent collection the original artowrk for the book, which covers the full alphabet, starting with 'A as in Arrow,' via drawings such as those shown here. Author-artist-philosopher Davar is a native of India who has been visiting the United States, spending much of his time in Philadelphia. He first came to this country on a Rotary Fellowship Award."
Original Notes	With clipping
Format	image/jp2
Type	Photographs
Publisher	Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Physical Description	1 photograph: b&w; 10 x 8 in.
Local Rights Statement	This material is subject to copyright law and is made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only. For access to the original or a high resolution reproduction, and for permission to publish, please contact Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center, scrc@temple.edu, 215-204-8257.
Standardized Rights Statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Repository	Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center
Repository Collection	George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Collection
Collection ID	SCRC 170
Folder	Phila--Art--Alphabet
Digital Collection	George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs
Digital Publisher	Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries
Contact	scrc@temple.edu
Identifier	P031087B
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Ashok Davar's "Talking Works: A Unique Alphabet Book", T artwork

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