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2020 Journal_027

Item

Collage featuring a red room with art, an "Alice in Wonderland" illustration, a grand library, and handwritten notes.
Title
2020 Journal_027
Alternative Title
2020 Journal
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The image is a collage with four main sections on what appears to be a textured scrapbook or cardboard background. In the top-left, there's a red logo with the text "The Morgan." Beneath it is an image of an elaborate room with red walls and a fireplace, adorned with classical art pieces and a luxurious red sofa. The top-right section features an illustration of the Mad Hatter's tea party from "Alice in Wonderland," showing characters around a table. The bottom-right has a photograph of an ornate library with high, detailed ceilings and rows of bookshelves with intricate woodwork. Below the left image is handwritten text on the background.
Dates Completed
January 1, 2020 - January 30, 2020
Keywords
2020; New decade; Chart; Road metaphor; Bricks; Mortar; Rest stops; Dangers; Human body; Mortality; Poignancy; Connections; Sadness; Grief; Aging; Australia fires; Horror of 2020; $81,000 grant; Trust for Public Land; Texas Trees Foundation; Jonathan McNulty; David McNulty; Murder; Wounds; Baby elephants; Dream; “You are unstoppable”; NYC trip; FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF WOMEN’S WORK; Lisa Unger Baskin Collection; Grolier Club; NYC libraries; Book display; Collections; Researchers; Lisa Unger Baskin; Magical day; Well being; New York Public Library; J.D. Salinger exhibit; Made at NYPL exhibit; Wallace Shawn; Artifact display; Book binding; Women in France; Inexplicable well being; Wave not the water; Broadway; Central vein; Long leaf; Walking; Orthopedic surgeries; Morgan Library; Duane Michals; Word and Image; NYPL; Animal skin fortune; Met Breuer; Home is a Foreign Place; Jody Shields; Metropolitan Museum; Friday evening; Cafe Sabarsky; Free man in Paris; Recollection; Recognition of freedom; Responsibility; Central Park; Beacon Hotel; Room with a view; Magic; Best Small Garden award; Dallas
Transcription
The Morgan
Seeing wealth, opulence, entitlement and status
Magical rooms, filled with treasures.
Rights
To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
Is Part Of
2020 Journal
Relation
Image Gallery