Taking the Soup
Dublin Core
Title
Taking the Soup
Subject
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Description
This is an artist's book by Bessie Smith Moulton that highlights food as a metaphor, connection, and power and weapon. Each "recipe card" is printed as a color photograph, and open up to show text. These detail visual, factual, and historical information about specific aspects of food.
Creator
Bessie Smith Moulton
Source
Scripps College Denison Library Rare Book Room
Publisher
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Date
2007
Contributor
Mabel Lui
Rights
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Format
Wooden box with printed color illustrations and photographs
Box (L x W x H): 6.7 x 4.8 x 2.6 inches
Cards (L x W): 6 x 3.7 inches
Cards open out to (L x W): 7.5 x 6 inches
Section cards with tab (L x W): 6 x 4 inches
Box (L x W x H): 6.7 x 4.8 x 2.6 inches
Cards (L x W): 6 x 3.7 inches
Cards open out to (L x W): 7.5 x 6 inches
Section cards with tab (L x W): 6 x 4 inches
Language
book
Type
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Identifier
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Coverage
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Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Artist's book: wooden recipe box prepared with layers of milk paint and finished with wax, photographs and illustrations printed on LOE (Lustro Offset Environmental) coated hardstock
Physical Dimensions
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Files
Citation
Bessie Smith Moulton, “Taking the Soup,” Scripps College Book Arts, accessed May 9, 2024, https://scba.omeka.net/items/show/98.