The following is an excerpt from Maira Kalman’s Women Holding Things.
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“Kiki Smith Holding Honey in Her Garden”
“Women Holding Consoling Her Daughter”
“Woman Holding Her Hip”
“Girl Holding Doll and Book”
“My Grandmother in Pearls”
“Women Holding Red Balloons”
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Excerpted from Women Holding Things by Maira Kalman, available via Harper Design.
Maira Kalman
Maira Kalman illustrated William Strunk Jr’s classic The Elements of Style and is the author of My Favorite Things, Principles of Uncertainty, and And the Pursuit of Happiness. She is also the author/illustrator of numerous children’s books, and her artwork has graced a dozen covers of The New Yorker. Her watches, clocks, accessories, and paperweights have been featured at the Museum of Modern Art store. She lives in New York City.












