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Artist: Cheryl Penn
From: South Africa
Title: Mona Lisa
Date: 2013
Leaves: Concertina style book
 Size: 15cm-11cm when closed, approximately 
Images:  Thinners prints, collage, hand coloring, text.
Housing: 
Edition: 10/10
Photographer: Catherine Mc Cue Boes
References: 
3.0 number 12 Artist Books 2013
The book looks at the controversy surrounding Leonardo’s  Mona Lisa and suggests we need to look even further back in history to make of sense of the beautiful face and enigmatic smile. The book tells of Caterina, Leonard’s’ mother and the likeness to the sitter, Lisa del Giocondo, using close up section of the Mona Lisa together with historical information, the books encouragers you to learn more about the artist and portrait of the Mona Lisa. An artist book of intrigue.  

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