The book is in the form of a photography album with the name of a particular torture used as the title for the accompanying photograph of a woman in various poses inserted in a page pocket. "Femmes fatales was produced by Maureen Cummins in the summer of 2001, with typographic assistance from Kathy McMillan ... The list of names of torture and execution devices was compiled over a period of several years, as were the vintage photographs used to illustrate the book."--Colophon. "Femmes fatales was printed in an edition of fifty numbered copies, with copy number 1 containing the original photographs."
Local Note
Photographed and posted with permission of the artist. Skidmore has copy no. 23, accompanied by prospectus.
Archive Location
Artists' Book Collection - Call Number: N7433.4.C86 F45 2001
