Killing Men & Dying Women. Imagining Difference in 1950s New York Painting, Hardback - Griselda Pollock

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Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Griselda PollockIllustration(s): 190 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 280Collection: World of ArtPubli...

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