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A Performance: Sometimes a Person Never Comes Back

1977

Ida Applebroog

Associated Names

Ida Applebroog

Artist, American, 1929 - 2023

This is an image of a book cover. The cover is dark with white text in the center towards the bottom. The text reads "A PERFORMANCE," followed by the name "IDA APPLEBROOG" below it. The background is a uniform dark tone, emphasizing the text through contrast.

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Artwork overview

Medium

artist book of offset lithographs
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)
Dimensions

overall (closed): 19.69 × 15.88 cm (7 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

2016.22.35
Series Title

Galileo Works

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2002; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2006

Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006

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