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Homely Girl, a Life

Artist Louise Bourgeois (American (born France), 1911-2010)
Author Arthur Miller (American, 1915 - 2005)
Date1992
Dimensionsslipcase: 12 x 9 1/8 x 1 7/16 in. (305 x 231 x 36mm)
book: 11 5/8 x 8 13/16 x 9/16 in. (296 x 224 x 15mm)
page: 11 1/2 x 8 11/16 in. (292 x 221mm)
sheet (untrimmed): 11 1/2 x 8 11/16 in. (292 x 221mm)
image: 6 11/16 x 4 15/16 in. (170 x 125mm)
book: 29.8 x 22.5 cm (11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.)
MediumOriginal prints: 10 drypoint etchings on cream wove paper (vol. I) Reproductions: 8 photolithographs of manipulated photographs in colors on white wove paper (vol. II) Text: letterpress in black with red (vol. I) and gray with red (vol. II) (typeface: Monotype Emerson) Paper: white wove paper
ClassificationBooks
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1993.13A-B
Not on View
Descriptioncase label] Louise Bourgeois French, born 1911 Homely Girl, a Life Text by Arthur Miller (American, 1915–2005) 1992 Book with drypoint etchings and photolithographs of manipulated photographs Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey 1993.13a b
Published Referencescf. Philips, Elizabeth, The American Livre de Peintre, New York, The Grolier Club, 1993, no. 8Exhibition HistoryTMA, Word Play (October 16, 2009- February 7, 2010)

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