this place / this house / Anne Gilman

Identifier:FA.SA4.2342

Dimensions:5.625 x 9.75 in

Creation dates:2019

Description:Limited edition accordion book made in tandem with a scroll. Digital prints on Arches Cover Stock with hand additions. Artists proof of an edition of 15. Signed and dated by the artist.

"I was invited to do a project commemorating the 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman's birth. My research resulted in a 27-foot scroll and this limited-edition artist book printed on Arches Cover Stock with hand additions. In both projects Walt Whitman’s words, process and internal struggles are intertwined with my own.

"The text extracted from my work was written extemporaneously in the process of drawing the scroll. The text quoted from Walt Whitman’s work has been excerpted in sections and presented out of its original context.

"Please refer to the following works for the scope and breadth of the complete works: Walt Whitman's Camden Conversations Leaves of Grass / Songs of Occupations / Song of the Open Road / Song of Myself / A Clear Midnight.

"I would like to extend a special thank you to Deirdre Lawrence, Principal Librarian/Curator of Books Emeritus, Brooklyn Museum and Consulting Curator Books, who saw connections before I did. And to David Unger por tantas razones..."--colophon