Bill Jay
Bill Jay: Twixt Representation and Reality. A Personal Post-mortem

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Bill Jay: Twixt Representation and Reality. A Personal Post-mortem
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ArtistAmerican, born England, 1940–2009
ArtistAmerican, born 1947
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Bill Jay: Twixt Representation and Reality. A Personal Post-mortem
DateDecember 2014
MediumBound book with letterpress text
DimensionsBook (closed): 10 7/16 × 8 3/8 × 3/8 in. (26.5 × 21.2 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. Morris Photography Endowment
Object number2016.194.2
Non exposé

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ProvenanceEstate of Bill Jay.

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