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Nude youths 1508-1510. Sistine Chapel ceiling Karen Wirth

Catalog Data

Author:
Wirth, Karen  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books DSI  Search this
Subject:
Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City)  Search this
National Endowment for the Arts  Search this
Physical description:
1 unnumbered leaf of plates illustrations 10 x 43 cm folded to 10 x 6 cm
Type:
Books
In art
Art
Artists' books (books).)
Artists' books
Specimens
Place:
United States
Date:
1990
Notes:
"Parental advisory--Might be objectionable because of sex, violence, suicide, drug abuse, bigotry or satanic worship"--Label on wrapper
16 black & white illustrations in accordian fold format of nude youths portrayed on the Sistine Chapel ceiling
Text consists of a sentence from the National Endowment for the Arts obscentiy restrictions, HR 5769 (i.e., "None of the funds authorized may be used to promote, disseminate, or produce materials which may be considered obscene, including but not limited to, depictions of sadomasochism, homo-eroticism, the sexual exploitation of children, or individuals engaged in sex acts and which, when taken as a whole, do not have serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value")
AAPGAB copy 39088014851323 gift of Matin R. Kalfatovic
AAPGAB copy 39088014851323 is no. 241 of an edition of 585
Topic:
Artists' books  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1021458