A Clown, Some Colors, A Doll, Her Stories, A Song, A Moonlit Cove

1996

Ellen Phelan, Artist Leslie Miller, Printer Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Publisher

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Title A Clown, Some Colors, A Doll, Her Stories, A Song, A Moonlit Cove

Artwork Date 1996

Makers Ellen Phelan (Artist) American, born 1943 Leslie Miller (Printer) American, active late 20th century (Publisher) Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art American

Medium Letterpress and photogravure

Dimensions Page: 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (29.8 x 21 cm)

Classification Artists Books

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1996.198

Copyright © 2005 Ellen Phelan / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Restricted Contact: Artists Rights Society (ARS) 65 Bleecker Street, 12th Floor New York, NY 10012 Tel: 212-420-9160 | Fax: 212-420-9286 Email: [email protected]

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Signed In brown ink, colophon page: Ann Lauterbach; in pencil: Ellen Phelan

Inscriptions In pencil, colophon page: 22/120

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© 2005 Ellen Phelan / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Restricted Contact: Artists Rights Society (ARS) 65 Bleecker Street, 12th Floor New York, NY 10012 Tel: 212-420-9160 | Fax: 212-420-9286 Email: [email protected]

Ellen Phelan, A Clown, Some Colors, A Doll, Her Stories, A Song, A Moonlit Cove, 1996, Letterpress and photogravure. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 1996.198.

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