Mother monument : an artist book / original paintings, design and handpainting by Holly Trostle Brigham ; composition, printing and construction by MaryAnn L. Miller ; poems commissioned from Kim Bridgford, Vasiliki Katsarou, April Lindner, Marilyn Nelson, Angela Alaimo O'Donnell, Christine Salvatore, Sarah Sousa, and J.C. Todd

Object Details

designer

Brigham, Holly Trostle 1965-

printer

Miller, MaryAnn L.

Author

Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books DSI

Title from interior lid of the obelisk's base box of illustrated fabric on foam board.

Edition of 10, signed and numbered by the artists.

Mother Monument is an artist book designed by watercolor painter Holly Trostle Brigham with the help of book artist MaryAnn Miller and eight women poets, conceived in obelisk form, dedicated to women artists. The obelisk is accompanied by a hand constructed foam board box (covered with printed Iris book cloth with black and white illustrations, lined with hand-printed paper), miniature butterfly artifacts, and a accordion folded book containing 8 poems and color portraits of the artists. Four flaps fold down at the base of the obelisk monument box and include four of the eight sonnets written by four of the women poets, while the other four poems appear on the top portion of the obelisk monument. The poems are printed on Rives BFK paper. As the viewer looks down on the top of the book, the flaps appear as flower petals. The butterfly relics are hand printed in red ink and strung together with red thread and may be hung draped on the monument or inside the box. The box that contains all of the components is covered in black and white marbleized paper and constructed of foam board.

"Digital media on Iris bookcloth, lokta paper, hand printed fine art paper. Pamphlet: Rives BFK paper, French linen thread. Box: hand printed marbelized paper"--Colophon.

AAPGAB copy 39088016271157 gift of Jacqueline Vossler

AAPGAB copy 39088016271157 is number 2 of 10, signed by MaryAnn Miller and Holly Trostle Brigham

Contents

Sofanisba Anguissola / Angela Alaimo O'Donnell -- Maria Sybilla Merian / April Lindner -- Elisabeth and Julie / Christine Salvatore -- Frida / J. C. Todd -- Tamara de Lempicka / Kim Bridgford -- Edmonia Lewis / Marilyn Nelson -- Artemisia / Sarah Sousa -- Judith and Flora / Vasiliki Katsarou

2018

21st century

Call number

N7433.4.B6747 M68 2018

Type

Books

Artists' books

Artists' books (books)

Poetry

Prints

Limited editions

Book cloth (textile material)

Marbled paper

Digital prints

Banners

Handmade paper

Thread

Envelopes

Boxes

Cotton fibers (Paper).)

Physical description

1 obelisk artist's book : illustrated fabric on foam board ; 41 x 19 x 20 cm

1 box : illustrated fabric on foam board ; 22 x 22 x 23 cm

1 box : black and white marbelized paper on foam board with magnetic closure ; 26 x 44 x 26 cm

1 folded sheet (18 unnumbered pages) : color portraits, stamp print ; 19 cm

8 folded sheets on string : stamp prints ; 10 x 16 cm or smaller, in cellophane envelope

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Women artists--In art

Butterflies in art

Figurative painting, American

Record ID

siris_sil_1100949

Metadata Usage (text)

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