Could I Ask You Something?, 1984

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Medium

accordion-bound volume with 8 etchings on Fabriano PWP paper, text by Lewis Thomas, title page and colophon, plus 1 etching mounted to cover of black clamshell box

Dimensions

Overall (closed): 37 x 25.3 x 2.5 cm (14 9/16 x 9 15/16 x 1 in.)
overall (opened): 37 x 50.4 cm (14 9/16 x 19 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Susan Lorence

Accession Number

1999.117.8.a-i

Artists / Makers

Alfonso Ossorio (artist) American, born Philippines, 1916 - 1990

Gabriel Rummonds (printer) American, second half 20th century

Lewis Thomas (author) American, 1913 - 1993

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Inscription

on colophon page in black ink: Lewis Thomas / Alfonso Ossorio

Provenance

Susan Lorence, New York; gift to NGA, 1999

Associated Names

Lorence, Susan