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Image of an example from the artist book collection held in the Women's Art Library

Artist book by Helen Mirra from the Women’s Art Library collection

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Photographic portrait of middle-aged white woman tying a red scarf to her head
Photograph of pin board in showing many examples of photographic work and promotional materials from exhibitions and events
Two images and text. Image one shows a white middle aged woman in striped dress holding and pointing at a mind map. Image two shows detail from the mind map. Text above image read: Scripting: a way of pre formatting therapy session
Colour photograph of board displaying images and information about an exhibition.
Black and white photograph of hand painted graffiti on a wall, shows a baby in a pram with speech bubble, text reads: where is my free nursery? Stand up for your rights!
Business card shows an image of a middle aged white woman dressed as a fairy godmother holding a wand. The text reads: Jo Spence photographer, available for divorces, funerals, illness, social injustice, scenes of domestic violence, explorations of sexuality and any joyful events
Three strips of negative black and white film of portraits of a white woman with dark hair, one image crossed out, labelled as Box 19
Horizontal photograph of strips of black and white negatives of of photos of a white dark haired woman with glasses, stuck on an orange cardboard folder with faded masking tape
Open scrap book of photos of middle aged woman in poor health, one photo clothes one without, photos of teddy bears and a shelves of books
Open scrap book of photos of women in ill health, clothed and unclothed, resting, tending to herself, using the bathroom. Hand written text
Photograph of model plastic skeleton placed over a reproduction of a painting of a nude Venus
Four exhibition publications displayed together, one titled 'Our Bodies Ourselves,' one titled 'Jo Spence: Collaborative Works,' one titled 'Camerawork: Missing Persons,' and one titled 'Ties That Bind'
Laminated landscape photo of woman in blue coat walking across a wooden plank over an algae green stream, green fields and blue sky are in the background
Two laminated posters prints piled on top of each other. The photo visible on top is an image of a middle aged white woman in a swimming costume superimposed onto rocks and water, she appears to be floating
Horizontal photomontage image of soldiers, politicians and workers from Chile cut and pasted into the windows of a brick building. A fourth window shows an image of the statue of Liberty. Text gives information on exhibition opening times.
Three postcards, one satirical of a monkey titled 'Jubilee Chimp', one war propaganda, one artists image including policemen
Photograph of a grid of four by four photos each showing a white woman dressed as bride holding flowers and wearing a veil. The photographs have been laminated and are propped up against a domestic appliance.
banner and documents set out on a long table
private view cards displayed on top of archive boxes
detail of exhibition installation with photograph of woman looking at the camera with and without glasses
Fan with God Save our NHS painted on it hung in front of wall paper of images of nude woman doing tasks
book, magnifying glass, digital image display and plastic hand in glass display case
sign on wall alongside grid of photographs
box with papers and a wrapped fortune cookie
Researcher sitting at table holding a slide file up to light.
Woman holding up a newsprint poster behind table covered in slide files, magazines and newsprint publications surrounded by workshop participants.
hand holding phone over a diagram with QR codes on a lightpad
group of people seen from above in a darkened space watching a speaker and a slide projection
press release folded into a paper airplane
cardbox pizza box printed with text Free Art and a dictionary definition
T-shirt, leaflet, satin label, hand grasping document folder labelled "Textiles embroidery, tapestry, see also Quilts file"
one of the Mail Art envelopes unpacked to show illustrated letter
one of the Mail Art envelopes unpacked to show letter with 4 graphic works
Detail of paper scroll covered with notes and diagrams fastened with large stickers on table with inscribed index cards. One of the notes reads: What...sustained...entreprenuerial. "Working as a therapist" "Working as a Doula" "Research"
paper scroll covered with notes and diagrams fastened with large stickers on table with inscribed index cards
cartoon image of woman pulling screenprint squeegee
Image of an example from the artist book collection held in the Women's Art Library
Image of an example from the artist book collection held in the Women's Art Library
wrapped sweet on top of flattened small pink box stamped and addressed to the Women's Art Library at Fulham Palace
Image of an example from the artist book collection held in the Women's Art Library
Image of an example from the artist book collection held in the Women's Art Library
Image of an example from the artist book collection held in the Women's Art Library
Image of an example from the artist book collection held in the Women's Art Library
cartoon woman with mouth open holding spoonfull of men's heads
example from the artist book collection held in the Women's Art Library
display of 7 document folders showing the titles
two pieces of boiled sweets with writing wrapped in cellophane
dress hanging on wall over a light box on a plinth

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