Unspoken: letters to resident

A one sided correspondence to the author’s brother following his sudden death from pneumonia. The author recorded her life for several years after her brother’s death as she pieced together the meaning of his passing. The book is composed of 25 postcards with drawn and photographic images from the artist’s own childhood, surroundings, and dreams on one side and letters to the brother on the back side.

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University of Delaware, Rochester Institute of Technology, Yale University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Wesleyan University, University of Utah, Temple University Libraries, Skidmore College, Duke University, University of Rochester Library, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, The New York Public Library, Savannah College of Art & Design, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Library of Congress

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Metadata

Title:

Unspoken: letters to resident

Date of publication:

2003

Place of publication:

Rosendale, NY

Publisher:

Women's Studio Workshop

Subjects:

Rayeem Bath

ISBN:

1893125343

Dimensions:

11 x 15 cm.

Number in edition:

52

Paging:

25 postcards

Paper:

Arches 88

Printing method:

Letterpress, screen print

Typeface:

Royal Quiet typewriter fonts (c. 1920)

Binding:

Issued in a pine and birch box with sliding plexiglass front panel

Structure:

Book Object

Funding source:

National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, Women's Studio Workshop

Signature:

Signed by the artist

Writer:

Jahjehan Bath Ives

Printer:

Jahjehan Bath Ives

Binder:

Jahjehan Bath Ives

Other notes:

Dedicated to Rayeem Bath and Bawa Muhaiyaddeen