5 edition of City of ambition found in the catalog.
City of ambition
Published
1996
by Whitney Museum of American Art in association with Flammarion in New York
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Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | Elisabeth Sussman ; with John G. Hanhardt and assisted by Corey Keller ; with an essay by Brendan Gill. |
| Genre | Exhibitions. |
| Contributions | Sussman, Elisabeth, 1939-, Hanhardt, John G., Whitney Museum of American Art. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | NX511.N4 C58 1996 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 144 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 144 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL982768M |
| ISBN 10 | 0874271088 |
| LC Control Number | 96020431 |
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