Radio-active substances
By: Susan kae Grant
Contributors: Smithsonian Institution; Washington Project for the Arts (D.C.); Curie, Marie, 1867-1934; Curie, Eve, 1904-2007
Publisher: S. Grant
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Dallas, Tex.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Artists' books; Art and science
Other titles: Radioactive substances
Notes: One of the works created for the exhibition "Science and the artist's book" held at the Smithsonian Institution and the Washington Poject for the Arts in 1995.

"Quotes and illustrations by Marie Curie ... printed on lead with a Tektronix Phaser 300i ... the photographs are Polaroid emulsion transfers ... the text printed in the test tubes was paraphrased from Eve Curie's biography on Marie ... limited edition of 20 books." --Colophon.

Issued in a hinged lead box with 5 accompanying glass tubes, each containing a printed scroll.