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Aunt Sallie's lament

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Description: "The artist Margaret Kaufman describes 'Aunt Sallie's lament' as 'a poem that is the autobiography of a spinster quilter stitched with mutterings that accumulate as the cut pages are turned becoming a diamond quilt shape'. The poem tells the story of a southern American quilter reminiscing about a love lost but not forgotten. Each stanza of the poem is accompanied by a muttering, one or two words printed at the edge of the page, which remain in view as each subsequent page is turned. The variously shaped leaves are made up of a complex series of cut out pastel paper shapes that mimick the patterns of a quilt."--from Artstor.org.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1993]
Call number: 642307
Creator: Van Vliet, Claire(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jesse Rossa, March 2024.

Aunt Sallie's lament

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" ... This edition was made using the Permalin text block of the 1993 edition by Chronicle Books. Additional papers are: the cover of Barcham Green DeWint plus Sage Badger, Chiyogami, Fabriano, Janus, Langdell, Katie MacGregor and Marblesmith. The design was made with Ellen Dorn Levitt and Audrey Holden who did most of the assembly and made the boxes with Mary Richardson."--Colophon.

642298

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Ruth Wilson Patton, George Smith Patton, Jr., and Anne Wilson Patton, 1892(?)

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A chest-length studio portrait of Ruth Wilson Patton and her children, Georgie and Annie. Ruth is in the center, with her body turned very slightly to the right, wearing a dark dress with lighter sleeves and a high neck, with her dark, wavy hair parted in the center and pulled back. Georgie, on the left, has his body turned very slightly to the right, is behind his mother, wearing a dark suit with a broad white collar, and has short blond hair. Annie, on the right, is turned slightly to the left, in front of her mother, is wearing a white, lacy dress, and has blond hair that reaches her shoulders, with bangs cut low across her brow.

photCL 282 (342)

Donald McMeal Shorb

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A round, chest-length studio photographic portrait of Donald McMeal Shorb as a young man, with his head turned slightly to the left. He is wearing a light colored suit and vest with a high-collared white shirt and a very light bow tie. His dark straight hair is cut above his ears, and is parted in the center.

photCL 284 (150)

Ramona Yorba Shorb

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A neck-length studio portrait of Ramona Yorba Shorb, with her head turned very slightly to the right. She has dark eyes and curly dark hair, which is either pulled back or cut short.

photCL 283 (136 e)

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Words

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"Words are not only letters, their order and their space are as important to make words possible. The book shows this idea by setting all of each of the different letters of the poem on a separate page in order to appreciate the space they occupy in the word and on the page. The poem refers with its own words to the importance of this concept"--Artist's statement.

647454

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Three gems in one setting

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Collection of three poems, illustrated by A. L. Bond. Each poem has its own title page.

656408

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