The Lulu Plays

William Kentridge South African

2015

Not on view

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Title: The Lulu Plays
Artist: William Kentridge (South African, born Johannesburg, 1955)
Date: 2015
Medium: Artist's book, letterpress in black and red ink with 67 offset lithographs
Dimensions: 13 1/2 × 10 in. (34.3 × 25.4 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, 2016
Object Number: 2016.174
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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