Peter Sis, Illustration for Walt Whitman's Song for Broad-Axe

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Item Number
115
Value:
600 USD
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2025-12-01 01:00:00.0

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Description

  • Special edition print
  • 16 x 16 in.
  • Framed 20 x 20 in.
  • Edition of 150

Peter Sis is an artist, author, and filmmaker born in Brno-Czech Republic who now lives and works in New York City area. He has created award winning animated shorts, posters, murals, tapestries and public art. Sis has written and illustrated a number of books for children and adults, including three Caldecott Honor books: Starry Messenger-Galileo Galilei, Tibet Through The Red Box, and The Wall-Growing Up Behind Iron Curtain. He is the recipient of 2003 MacArthur Fellowship and a 2012 Hans Christian medal for illustration. His art has been exhibited around the world.