1970 - Pumpkin patch: Tom & Anne - alternating stem stitch, variation on couching, double running or holbein stitch. Winter Count Anne Greenwood Portland, Oregon: A. Greenwood, 2008 N7433.4 G744 W56 2008 Among several tribes on the Northern Plains the passage of time was marked by noting a single memorable...
“She had wandered, without rule or guidance, into a moral wilderness...
Last year, on May 22, Rare Books lost our dear friend, Marie Christensen Dern. On that day, like the rest of the world, we were sheltering in place. We were locked out of our office, and more disorientingly, out of the Rare Books Vault. We...
“The tongue lies on the table, writing, writhing, spelling out the breath of its efforts in an unseemly desire to be seen.” — Johanna Drucker The Word Made Flesh Johanna Drucker New York: Bow and Arrow Press, 1989 PS3554 R75 W6 1989Arch Kitty Maryatt Claremont, CA: Scripps College Press, 2010 N7433.35 U6...
Half Life, Full Life Wilber H. Schilling Minneapolis: Indulgence Press, 2009 N7433.4 S34 H35 2009Book artist and photographer Wilber "Chip" Schilling uses the Doomsday Clock to explore relevant political events juxtaposed with random cultural events of the same period, creating a timeline marking the estimated total annihilation of...
The Ages of Peonies Ellen Sheffield Gambler, OH: Unit IV Arts, 2018 N7433.4 S5418 A54 2018Black American contralto Marian Anderson, like other Black artists, sought opportunities overseas, performing in Europe’s capitals to great praise, particularly in Scandinavia. After meeting Eleanor Roosevelt in 1935 and performing at the White...
O Wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou, Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed The winged seeds, where they lie cold...
"Let the paper remain on the desk unwritten, and the book on the shelf unopen’d!" -- Walt Whitman, Song of the Open Road Peter and Donna Thomas are book artists from Santa Cruz, CA. Since 1977 they have worked both collaboratively and individually; letterpress printing, hand-lettering...
"Research ain't nuthin but formalized curiosity, just poking and prying with a purpose." Sanctified Betye Saar (b. 1926) Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, 1990 N7433.4 S22 S26 1990Betye Saar began her artistic career as a printmaker. Sanctified was published on the occasion of the installation (April 22...
