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A Clown, Some Colors, A Doll, Her Stories, A Song, A Moonlit Cove

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Clown, Some Colors, A Doll, Her Stories, A Song, A Moonlit Cove
  • Author: Ann Lauterbach (American, born 1942)
  • Artist: Ellen Phelan (American, born Detroit, Michigan, 1943)
  • Publisher: The Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art
  • Date: 1996
  • Medium: Letterpress and hand-colored photogravure
  • Dimensions: 12 x 8 1/2 in. (30.5 x 21.6 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Constance C. McPhee, 2008
  • Object Number: 2008.552.1
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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