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Prints and Drawings
L’architettura civile preparata sú la geometria, e ridotta alle prospettive (Civil Architecture Prepared According to Geometry, and Rendered in Perspective)
Artist: Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, Italian, 1657–1743
Date: 
1711
Medium: 
Book with 70 etchings
Accession Number: 
2012.159.4
Culture: 
Italian
Period: 
17th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
L’art d’aimer (The Art of Love)
Artist: Aristide Maillol, French, 1861–1944
Date: 
1935
Medium: 
Book with 24 lithographs and 14 woodcuts
Accession Number: 
2012.159.153
Culture: 
French
Period: 
19th–20th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
Book from the Ground
Artist: Xu Bing, Chinese, active in America, born 1955
Date: 
2007
Medium: 
Artist's book
Accession Number: 
2012.134.1
Culture: 
Chinese
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
Preserve
Artist: Ellen Gallagher, American, born 1965
Publisher: Des Moines Art Center
Date: 
2001
Medium: 
Book
Accession Number: 
2014.101.1.1
Culture: 
American
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
eXelento [standard edition]
Artist: Ellen Gallagher, American, born 1965
Date: 
2004
Medium: 
Artist's book
Accession Number: 
2014.101.3
Culture: 
American
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
Cane
Artist: Martin Puryear, American, born 1941, B.F.A. 1971, M.F.A. 1971, D.F.A. (Hon.) 1994
Author: Jean Toomer
Date: 
2000
Medium: 
Deluxe book, with text by Toomer and woodcut illustrations by Puryear on handmade Kitakata paper
Accession Number: 
2001.5.1
Culture: 
American
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
Cane
Artist: Martin Puryear, American, born 1941, B.F.A. 1971, M.F.A. 1971, D.F.A. (Hon.) 1994
Date: 
2000
Medium: 
Book: woodcuts by Puryear, text by Jean Toomer
Accession Number: 
2001.39.1
Culture: 
American
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
The Stuart Sketch Pad
Artist: Will Barnet, American, 1911–2012
Date: 
1955–56
Medium: 
Spiral bound sketchbook: various media, including watercolor, gouache, graphite, and felt pen on wove paper
Accession Number: 
2003.17.1
Culture: 
American
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
Samoa, 1890
Artist: John La Farge, American, 1835–1910, M.A. (HON.) 1896
Date: 
1890
Medium: 
Graphite drawings throughout; black leatherette cover with marbled flyleafs: 77 leaves (one torn out), 59 filled
Accession Number: 
2005.64.51
Culture: 
American
Period: 
19th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
Samoa, 1890
Artist: John La Farge, American, 1835–1910, M.A. (HON.) 1896
Date: 
1890
Medium: 
Graphite and some ink drawings throughout; leatherette cover "tablet pocket book" with many colored pages: 75 leaves (one torn out), 36 filled
Accession Number: 
2005.64.52
Culture: 
American
Period: 
19th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

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