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The Artist’s Joke

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Surveys the rich and diverse uses of humor by avant-garde and contemporary artists.

Editor Jennifer Higgie
Publisher Whitechapel
ISBN 978 0 85488 156 7
Reference P1013
Date 2007
Type Publication

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