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Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
Liber Chronicarum, also known as the Nuremberg Chronicle
Artist: Michael Wolgemut, German, 1434–1519
Date: 
1493
Medium: 
Letterpress and woodcut
Accession Number: 
1932.129
Culture: 
German
Period: 
15th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
Historisch - genealogischer Calender, oder Jahrbuch der merkwurdigsten neuen Welt - Begebenheiten fur 1784 Leipzig zur Messe bey Haude und Spener von Berlin
Artist: Unknown
Date: 
18th century
Medium: 
Printed book
Accession Number: 
1932.140a-b
Culture: 
German
Period: 
18th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
Four Basic Kinds of Straight Lines
Artist: Sol LeWitt, American, 1928–2007
Date: 
1969
Medium: 
Artist's book
Accession Number: 
2000.120.1
Culture: 
American
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
The Tiger’s Eye
Editor: Ruth Stephan
Editor: John Walter Stephan, American, 1906–1995
Date: 
October 1947–October 1949
Medium: 
Printed journal: complete set of nine-issue run
Accession Number: 
2002.111.1-.9
Culture: 
American
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
Michael Singer: The Ritual Series
Artist: Michael Singer, American, born 1945
Printer: Meriden-Stinehour Press, Meriden, founded 1977
Date: 
1975–87; published 1992
Medium: 
Deluxe book: five folios of photographic reproductions documenting Michael Singer's outdoor and indoor installations and drawings between 1975 and 1987
Accession Number: 
1999.95.3
Culture: 
American
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
The Magic Magic Book: An Inquiry into the Venerable History & Operation of the Oldest Trick Conjuring Volumes, Designated “Blow Books”
Artist: Vija Celmins, American, born 1938
Artist: Jane Hammond, American, born 1950
Artist: Glenn Ligon, American, born 1960
Artist: Justen Ladda, American, born Germany, born 1953
Artist: Philip Taaffe, American, born 1955
Artist: William Wegman, American, born 1943
Publisher: Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Date: 
1994
Medium: 
Artist's book in 2 volumes
Accession Number: 
1999.95.4
Culture: 
American
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
Freedom: A Fable
Artist: Kara Walker, American, born 1969
Date: 
1997
Medium: 
Artist's book
Accession Number: 
1999.103.1
Culture: 
American
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
La Farge Sketchbook #1 (48 leaves, plus covers)
Artist: John La Farge, American, 1835–1910, M.A. (HON.) 1896
Date: 
1852
Medium: 
Graphite
Accession Number: 
1984.71.7
Culture: 
American
Period: 
19th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
La Farge Sketchbook #2 (56 leaves, 1 loose, plus cover)
Artist: John La Farge, American, 1835–1910, M.A. (HON.) 1896
Date: 
1856
Medium: 
Graphite and black chalk, possibly also charcoal
Accession Number: 
1984.71.8
Culture: 
American
Period: 
19th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
La Farge Sketchbook #3 (36 leaves, plus cover)
Artist: John La Farge, American, 1835–1910, M.A. (HON.) 1896
Date: 
1856
Medium: 
Graphite; two pages with wash
Accession Number: 
1984.71.9
Culture: 
American
Period: 
19th century
Classification: 
Books
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

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