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A Book Concluding With As A Wife Has A Cow

1926
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Book Concluding With As A Wife Has A Cow
  • Author: Gertrude Stein (American, Allegheny, Pennsylvania 1874–1946 Neuilly-Sur-Seine)
  • Artist: Juan Gris (Spanish, Madrid 1887–1927 Boulogne-sur-Seine)
  • Publisher: Edition Galerie Simon , Paris
  • Dedicatee: Julia Ford (American (?), active 1920s)
  • Date: 1926
  • Medium: Lithograph
  • Dimensions: Overall: 9 15/16 x 7 11/16 x 3/8 in. (25.2 x 19.5 x 1 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
  • Object Number: 30.103.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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