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02277aam a2200313Ia 4500 001 F8FAA1D800D411E888826E0497128E48 003 SILO 005 20180124010218 008 130827s2013 ilua 000 0 eng d 035 $a (OCoLC)856996285 040 $a JBG $c JBG $d NUI $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 100 1 $a Nettles, Bea, $d 1946- $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79095432 245 10 $a Place / $c Bea Nettles. 264 1 $a Urbana, Ill. : $b B. Nettles, $c 2013. 300 $a 4 volumes folded sheets : $b color illustrations ; $c 24 x 45 cm sheets in 26 x 26 cm slipcase. 500 $a Title from slipcase. 500 $a An edition of six. 500 $a Photographs of last names from headstones that can be used as parts of speech. Words arranged as an interpretive history of the United States featuring the four cardinal directions. Each story is from different settlement regions. 500 $a "Place is a manifestation of my continued fascination with descriptive family names that are nouns, verbs and adjectives, my own nettles included. How did such names become attached to people and what might be their effect? Do people notice? Many names are explained by occupation (rider, roper, master), physical characteristics (brunette, dimple, blush) or dwelling place (appleyard, grimwood, halfhill). Other categories I found were food (corn, fruit, olive), animals, birds, alcohol, money...or its lack, weather, water, plants (nettles, beans, cotton) and trees (oak, chestnut, linden, birch)."--Artist's statement. 500 $a Four clothbound accordions printed inkjet on 100% rag paper, encased in clothbound four-fold folio with map endsheets. Folio printed with title and colophon, closes with ribbon ties. 500 $a Library copy is 5/6. $5 IaU 650 0 $a Sepulchral monuments in art. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97001431 650 0 $a Artists' books $v Specimens. 650 0 $a Photography, Artistic. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85101269 655 7 $a Artists' books (books) $2 aat $0 http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300123016 655 7 $a Folded books. $2 aat $0 http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300200572 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180124031410.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F8FAA1D800D411E888826E0497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search