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The Poems

(American, 1925–1992)
(American, born in 1927)
1960
Medium/TechniqueArtist's book with text by John Ashbery and four screenprints by Joan Mitchell
DimensionsOverall: 46.4 x 37.5 cm (18 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Alan and Suzanne Dworsky
Accession number2014.48.2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
ProvenanceElizabeth and Walter Silver (1923 - 1998), New York [this set believed to have been in the same collection since its initial purchase upon publication in 1960]; to James Cummins Bookseller, New York; 2014, sold by James Cummins to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 29, 2014)
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1960
Salute
Grace Hartigan
1960
Odes
Michael Goldberg
1960
Abracadabra
Werner Pfeiffer
2007
Smoke
Joan Mitchell
1989
Nadia Coën
1988–1992, published 1993
Patrick Caulfield
1973
Michael Craig-Martin
1997
The Diary of a Madman
Leon Steinmetz
2007