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Ephermeral Bodies: Wax Sculpture and the Human Figure Hardcover - 2008 - 1st Edition
by Roberta Panzanelli (Editor); Whitney Davis; Georges Didi-Huberman
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- Title Ephermeral Bodies: Wax Sculpture and the Human Figure
- Author Roberta Panzanelli (Editor); Whitney Davis; Georges Didi-Huberman
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 327
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Los Angeles, Calif
- Date 2008
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780892368778 / 0892368772
- Weight 2.94 lbs (1.33 kg)
- Dimensions 10.67 x 7.76 x 1.16 in (27.10 x 19.71 x 2.95 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Wax figures, Wax-modeling - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007025022
- Dewey Decimal Code 731.82
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