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Giving Fear a Proper Name: Detroit, 1984

 Item — Box: 150
Identifier: CC-09937-10134

Scope and Contents

The artist produced this book from a diary she kept about dreams, recollections, and fears on relocating to Detroit in 1979. Facing pages, one of poems and the other of photocollages depict such experiences. The photographs were reprinted from "Portrait of an Artist and Her Mother."The experiences described among others include "kainophobia": fear of change, "eremiphobia": fear of solitude. Grant has produced an outstanding, powerful presentation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1984

Creator

Extent

1 item (1 book object) : 1 hard cover book (30 pages) + pages (letterpress, handmade paper) + pages (handmade paper, collaged, photographs b&w, plastic, thread, sand, toys, bone, handmade paper, pins, wire, teeth) + bookmark (ribbon, toy revolver) in box (plexiglas) + artist bookbinding (leather, ribbon) ; 15 x 13 x 5.5 cm (book) + 17.7 x 15.8 x 6.8 cm (box)

Language of Materials

English

Original Sackner Archive Location

shelf living ro

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Materials Specific Details

Published: Dallas, Texas : The Black Rose Press. Signed by: Susan Kae Grant (l.r.- colophon). Nationality of creator: American. General: About 15 total copies. About 8 number copy.

Processing Information

Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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