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Douglas Gordon's The vanity of allegory 52 Items

Spector, Nancy
Douglas Gordon is an inveterate storyteller. The fictions that he weaves extends outward from the objects of his art--film, video, sound installations, photographs and text works--to encompass his own artistic persona. Douglas Gordon's Vanity of Allegory, an exhibition conceived specifically for the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, explores the notion of the veiled self-portrait as an art-historical trope, a literary device and a cinematic strategy while it examines the intersection of vanitas as a meditation on the ephemeral nature of life itself, and a ploy to remain immortal. For Douglas Gordon's Vanity of Allegory, Gordon turned to the history of art for source material. His installation includes loans from the Guggenheim and private collections, as well as examples of his own work and that of his peers. By combining historical and contemporary art and film, Gordon has created a visual collage that narrates issues of self-representation and double identity. This catalogue illustrates each object in the show along with Gordon's rationale for its inclusion. -- Publisher's description.
  1. University of Richmond

Earl and Jewell Ratliff Collection 4.5 Linear Feet

Ratliff, Earl Gordon, 1926-2013
This collection contains ephemera, University of Richmond memorabilia, service awards, photographs, and postcards representing the life of Earl and Jewell Ratliff and their service to the University of Richmond, volunteer organizations, and their love of travel.
  1. University of Richmond

Edith Malleis nursing student scrapbook .25 Linear Feet 1 scrapbook

Malleis, Edith L., 1896-1985
Scrapbook compiled by nursing student Edith L. Malleis from 1924-1927. Contains photographs, ephemera, letters, and cards.
  1. George Mason University

Edith McChesney Ker papers 15.0 Linear Feet 48 boxes

Ker, Edith McChesney, 1924-2003
This collection contains approximately 10,000 slides, scrapbooks, publications, and archival materials relating to Edith Ker's nature expeditions and travels around the world.
  1. George Mason University

Edward Utz, Collector, Postcards of West Virginia Subjects 16.6 Gigabytes 793 .tif files

Utz, Edward

Digital copies of photographic postcards of West Virginia subjects. There are 793 items on the following subjects: Canaan Valley; cottages, motels; Davis (town); Elkins (town); Germany Valley; Greenland Gap; miscellaneous; miscellaneous towns; Parsons (town); Petersburg Gap; Petersburg (flood); Petersburg (town); rivers; roadways; rock formations; Seneca Rocks; Smoke Hole; train depots.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Eleanor H. Fredricks Papers 0.80 Linear Feet

Papers, circa 1930s-1950s, of Eleanor H. Fredricks of Chicago, Illinois. Included are a scrapbook, correspondence, photographs, clippings, postcards and fliers, as well as drafts of articles authored by her. Some of the papers relate to the American Fireside Club, of which Eleanor Fredricks was the organizer.

  1. College of William and Mary

Eleanor H. Fredricks Papers 1930-1961

Fredricks, Eleanor H. (1892-1976)

Papers, circa 1930s-1950s, of Eleanor H. Fredricks of Chicago, Illinois. Included are a scrapbook, correspondence, photographs, clippings, postcards and fliers, as well as drafts of articles authored by her. Some of the papers relate to the American Fireside Club, of which Eleanor Fredricks was the organizer. The American Fireside Club was a social club, whose members contributed antiques instead of dues, and who exhibited some of their items while also engaging in "recreation and handicraft" and at times put on entertainments to raise funds for charity. The collection also includes drafts of Fredricks' book "Adventures of Cain," which includes characters and stories from the Christian Bible.

  1. College of William and Mary

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