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Art Mary Kelly, Post-Partum Document: Documentation VI, Pre-writing Alphabet, Exergue and Diary
Post-Partum Document: Documentation VI, Pre-writing Alphabet, Exergue and Diary, by Mary Kelly, 1978 (second version, 2010)

Mary Kelly, Artist
Post-Partum Document: Documentation VI, Pre-writing Alphabet, Exergue and Diary , 1978 (second version, 2010)

Medium
Perspex units, white card, wood, paper, ink, rubber
Dimensions
15 units, 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm) each
Credit Line
Courtesy of the artist. Image courtesy of the artist

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"Post-Partum Document: Documentation VI, Pre-writing Alphabet, Exergue and Diary" Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology Digital Archive. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum, 2017. https://hammer.ucla.edu/take-it-or-leave-it/art/post-partum-document-documentation-vi-pre-writing-alphabet-exergue-and-diary