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Unfinished dissertation : or discussions with oneself
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Unfinished dissertation : or discussions with oneself

by Boris Mikhailov, Margarita Tupitsyn

This artist's book presents a 1985 series of hand-coloured and toned photographic prints depicting everyday life in the Soviet Union. The images are integrated with philosophical and lyrical statements, exploring the boundary between reality and artifice.

Accession 2988 ISBN 3931141977 Publisher Scalo
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