Physical Description
1 art original : glass, black and orange ; in box 20 x 15 x 11 cm.
Description
Glass panels hinged in accordion format; housed in a collapsible black box with a tie string. "Based 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. Limited edition of 25 copies.
Local Note
Photographed and posted with permission of the artist. Skidmore has copy no. 19.
