2013
Four-fold case containing two sets of fifteen postcards, a letter, an original photograph, ten original pigment prints by Messager, a table of contents, and colophon.
case: 29.5 × 37.2 × 3.3 cm (11 5/8 × 14 5/8 × 1 5/16 in.) pigment prints: 28 × 36 cm (11 × 14 3/16 in.)
The Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art, partial sale, partial gift; to Emily Rauh Pulitzer (2013-2017), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2017.
412 pages, offset lithograph on white wove paper, bound
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