Unspoken: letters to resident

by Jahjehan Bath Ives

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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Title:   Unspoken: letters to resident
Creator: Jahjehan Bath Ives
Description: 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.
Paging: 25 postcards
Dimensions: 11 x 15 cm.
Date: 2003
Edition: 52
ISBN: 1893125343
Printing Method: Silkscreen , Letterpress
Binding: Issued in a pine and birch box with sliding plexiglass front panel (13 x 18 x 4 cm.)
Typeface: Royal Quiet typewriter fonts (c. 1920)
Paper: Arches 88 paper
Signature: Signed by the artist
Subject: Bath, Rayeem
Other Notes: Dedicated to Rayeem Bath and Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
Holdings: University of Delaware, Rochester Institute of Technology, Yale University, Virginia Commonwealth University, New York Public Library, Wesleyan University, Indiana University Bloomington, University of Utah
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