Pink: The History of a Color eros eternal Essential reading for curators

Essential reading for curators

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Pink: The History of a Color eros eternal Essential reading for curatorsFrom the acclaimed author of Blue and other color histories, the beautifully illustrated story of pink, from the first ancient pigments to Barbie Pink has such powerful associations today that its hard to imagine the color could ever have meant anything different. But its only since the introduction of the Barbie doll in 1959 that pink has become decisively feminized. Indeed, in the eighteenth century, pink was frequently masculine, and the color has