A recreation of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s famed westward expedition in an accordion-style book hand printed in a limited edition of 200. Each page unites a chart of the stars and planets exactly as they appeared to the explorers on a particular night with an excerpt from their writings. On the reverse side are the artist’s watercolor drawings imagining the historic journey. The title of the book comes from Clark’s description of the northern lights upon viewing them for the first time. 2004 marked the bicentennial of the beginning of the expedition, which lasted three years.

Last Night We Were Awoke is in multiple permanent collections and was on exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art


2003
Edition of 200
10 x 10 inches
Accordion binding
Watercolor drawings
Letterpress printed
Somerset paper
Japanese book cloth

$650
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