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Ghost diary

Title

Ghost diary

Creator

Cummins, Maureen

Description

Accompanied by instruction sheet for handling heavy glass hinged panels. Do not open case before reading. 22 glass panels hinged in accordion format; housed in a collapsible black box with a tie string. [B]ased on a handwritten letter discovered by the artist in the archive of Weir Farm in Wilton, Connecticut, during a residency in the spring of 2001. The letter was written in 1807 by a former Revolutionary War officer, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathon Rhea, to his children on the anniversary of his wife's death. The [5] images that accompany the text are original vintage glass negatives that date from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--Colophon.

Date

2003

Publisher

[High Falls, N.Y. M. Cummins]

Subject

Artists' books--New York
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives, American

Physical Description

22 leaves : ill., facsims. 18 cm

Barcode

39362016749169

Location

Art Spec Coll Mini

Call Number

N7433.4.C86 G567 2003

Notes

[P]roduced in an edition of twenty-five--Colophon.

How to Cite

Cummins, Maureen, “Ghost diary,” Artists' Books, accessed March 29, 2024, https://artistsbooks.oberlincollegelibrary.org/items/show/6717.