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Maker
Arnold, Brian
American, b. 1970
Date
2002-2004
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image/paper: 5 in x 7 in
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Object number
2010:66.49
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Stacks
Arnold, Brian
2002-2004
Book Of Western Civilization
Arnold, Brian
2002-2004
Anatomy Of The Eye
Arnold, Brian
2002-2004
Globe
Arnold, Brian
2002-2004
Florence poses filling a rare book order for a foreign customer in her shop. My favorite Florence story involving foreign sales: Florence had bought a fine Gold Coast collection of unusual and expensive books. On the same day she sold separate books on falconry to an Arab prince and a Japanese dealer with a Samurai customer.
Shay, Arthur
c. 1990; printed 2014
Highland Park experienced record flooding in 2006, ruining 3000 of Florence’s books and impelling her to move. She characteristically accepted her loss, saying, “The only reason they were in the basement was I couldn’t sell them upstairs.” This gung ho spirit colored her entire personality.
Shay, Arthur
2006; printed 2014
Discarded Notes
Arnold, Brian
2002-2004
Student Book Of Poetry
Arnold, Brian
2002-2004
Children's Book Of Animals
Arnold, Brian
2002-2004
Florence was rock star Billy Corgan’s guide to published poetry. He bought many poetry books from her and was often lost in deep, probably creative, thought, hanging around Titles’ poetry shelves. Then, gradually availing himself of Florence’s renowned good advice gene, Billy began to regard her as his substitute Jewish mother. Here Florence surprised Billy with a birthday cake at one of our Sunday bagel and lox breakfasts. [...]
Shay, Arthur
c. 2010; printed 2014
Short Stories
Arnold, Brian
2002-2004
Spine
Arnold, Brian
2002-2004
![Florence was rock star Billy Corgan’s guide to published poetry. He bought many poetry books from her and was often lost in deep, probably creative, thought, hanging around Titles’ poetry shelves. Then, gradually availing himself of Florence’s renowned good advice gene, Billy began to regard her as his substitute Jewish mother. Here Florence surprised Billy with a birthday cake at one of our Sunday bagel and lox breakfasts. [...]](/internal/media/dispatcher/4576/thumbnail)
