Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry by Leanne Shapton.I love this book. It's the story of a couple, of the end of a relationship, told in the form of a fake auction catalog. The book displays photos of their belongings, with notes like:
LOT 1066
A dried flower
A dried flower rose from a bouquet sent by Morris to Doolan. Kept in a Creme de la Mer moisturizer box. 3 sq.in.
$12-15
LOT 1232
A brown mug
A broken brown glazed mug stamped "brickett Davda Made in England" on base.
$5-7
Included in lot is a note handwritten by Doolan. R " H I'm so sorry, I know this was your favorite. Will get it fixed, I promise."
Leanne Shapton gathered or made up: books (chosen with incredible accuracy), salt and pepper shakers, bathing suits, handwritten notes, umbrellas, wooden birds, cake servers, shoes, t-shirts, mugs, a cosmetics case and its contents, glasses, watches, flower frogs, Easter eggs, strawberry jam jars, mix CDs, birthday cards, postcards, newspaper clippings, bras, snowshoes, white noise machines, headlamps, rocks, wishbones, breakfast menus, plastic sharks and a lot more.
The reason why I am so interested in Leanne Shaptons's book is also this one: in the past months I worked, without any continuity, on a story about a couple disintegrating, told from the perspective of the objects that they throw at each other.
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