Stephanie Kedik - Unoriginal Sins

FORGET-ME-NOT. 1986.

paul robertson — Sat, 25 Oct 1986 22:10:47 +0000

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1986

18 x 13cm, 4pp Artist's card black on light blue (to reflect the colour of the flower) with a drawing of the forget-me-not on the front by Stephanie Kedik and a text:

Myosotis Sylvatica
Forget-me-Not

A wild

flower

within

Memory of a loved one is compared to a wild flower growing in the body. VG+.

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PEAR. 1986.

paul robertson — Mon, 07 Jul 1986 08:42:16 +0000

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1986

9 x 10.5cm, 4pp folding card with a line drawing of a pear by Stephanie Kedik, printed black on light brown with the following texts on the left and right inner folds - on the left::

very fine

late cherry

and on the right:

fine later

large pear

The references from from Thomas Jefferson's Garden Book that lists his activities in two different gardens during the 1766 to 1824 period (the gardens it should be noted, in a great part, had their upkeep from slaves). Finlay's texts remind the reader of the physical similarity of the two plump fruits but also they differentiate the two gardens of the President's life - in fact the first entry in Jefferson's diary is a description of his cherries and, later, he he writes about a 'Seckel Pear' at Monticello (his second house) claiming this variety "exceeded anything I have tasted since I left France, and equalled any pear I had seen there." The two poems therefore also represent the young and the old life of the gardener. VG+. Scarce.

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PEAR (THOMAS JEFFERSON’S GARDEN BOOK). 1986.

paul robertson — Sun, 09 Mar 1986 10:05:47 +0000

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1986

9 x 10.5cm, 4pp artist's card with a line drawing of a pear by Stephanie Kedik on the front, and internally two poems:

very fine

late cherry

fine late

large pear

The poems reference texts in Thomas Jefferson's garden as noted in the book he wrote in 1769. Pears and cherries were important to the President and he delighted in growing both. VG+.

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