Physical Object set / A sad little girl

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Title: A sad little girl
Creator: Melhorn-Boe, Lise, 1955-
Contributor: Cook, Beth (Artist)
Transformer Press
Date Created and/or Issued: 1995
Publication Information: [North Bay, Ont] : Transformer Press, 1995
Contributing Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Special Collections
Collection: Artists' books collection
Rights Information: Copyrighted
This material is provided for private study, scholarship, or research. Transmission or reproduction of any material protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. The authors or their heirs retain their copyrights to the material. Contact the University of California, Irvine Libraries, Special Collections and Archives for more information (spcoll@uci.edu).
Rights Notes: 1995
Description: Scope/Content: Author, title, and artist information from colophon.
Medium: Fabric covered box containing a cast paper doll and five pink paper dresses, with lace and bead embellishments. The box opens like a wardrobe, and each dress is hung on a hanger inside. The text (a first-person account of girl-hood feelings of inadequacy) is rubber-stamped on each dress.
Scope/Content: Limited edition of 12 unnumbered copies.
Type: physical object
Format: 1 piece
Form/Genre: Artists' books--20th century Women authors
dolls
dresses (garments)
paper pulp
clothes closets
coat hangers
beads (pierced objects)
Extent: 23 x 15 x 12 cm
Identifier: ark:/87280/t07h1ggn
N7433.4.M45 S23 1995
Subject: women (female humans)
Self-esteem in children
girls
Girls
Melhorn-Boe, Lise, 1955-

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