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.
Set of five woodblock printed books; ink on paper
18th centuryChineseRed, yellow, and blue silk brocade on a green silk ground
18th centuryChinese
Ink on paper
20th centuryGerman
Ink on paper
20th centuryGerman
Photomechanical print in black and red inks on coated off-white wove paper; card and paper binding
20th centuryGermanEight thread-bound books; ink on paper
19th centuryJapanese
Black and red ink and typescript on 26 sheets of off-white wove and cream graph paper under mylar sheet protectors in black plastic ringbinder
20th centuryAmericanInk on paper
ChineseAsh and acrylic on gelatin silver print mounted to bound cardboard
20th centuryGerman
Blue ink on heavy grey paper (cover) and black ink on paper
20th centuryGermanWoodblock-printed book; ink and color on mica-coated paper
Japanese