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A book in a cream-colored cardboard case, with the phrase “a book is a book is a book is” repea…
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A book in a cream-colored cardboard case, with the phrase “a book is a book is a book is” repeated in a triangular pattern across the front in cursive black ink.

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Artist Thomas Günther (born 1952)
Dateca. 1996
Mediumbook and cardboard case with velcro and ink
ClassificationsMixed-media object
DimensionsObject Size HxWxD: 9 3/4 × 6 1/2 × 1 in.
Credit LineGift of Margareta Löhr in memory of her beloved son Helmut
Object number2012.1.35a,b
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