Research Catalog

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Description

1. 5 pages (folded) : illustrations; 13 cm

Subject

1. African Americans in art -- Pictorial works
2. Black people in art -- Pictorial works
3. African American women -- Pictorial works
4. Women -- Pictorial works
5. Artists' books
6. African American women artists

Call number

1. Sc Rare MZ (Robin Holder)

Note

1. A unique piece in the form of a Jacob's Ladder Book.
2. 5 page double sided Jacob's ladder, made of lithographs on BFK Rives, digital text, origami papers, plastic and museum board.
3. Double sided accordion-fold book, on each side the face of an African-American woman in black and white and on its opposite side lines of sensual words.
4. The piece is a tribute to the breathe of experience of women's lives.

Provenance (note)

1. Purchased by Tamar Dougherty, Director of Collections and Services, Schomburg Center, NYPL, from Central Booking, Incorporated.

Author

1. Holder, Robin, 1952-

Title

1. Love, life, lick / Robin Holder.

Imprint

1. [New York, N.Y.] : [Robin Holder], 2003.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Provenance

1. Purchased by Tamar Dougherty, Director of Collections and Services, Schomburg Center, NYPL, from Central Booking, Incorporated.

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1. Request Access to Special Collections Material

Local subject

1. Black author.

Research call number

1. Sc Rare MZ (Robin Holder)