Untitled (she was read)
Maker
Thompson, Peter
Date1980
MediumMonoprint
Dimensionsimage: 16 1/8 in x 20 in; paper: 20 1/2 in x 23 in
Credit LineGift of Charles Desmarais
Object number2005:146
About the ArtistInitial phases of collection research have yielded limited information about this artist. The artist or any knowledgeable parties are encouraged to contact the museum to provide or confirm biographical or historical details.![A month before she died I took her to Glenwood Hospital in Glenview for her conference with yet another team of oncologists. Florence understood the futility of the visit in which a picture of her ovarian cancer, having spread to her cerebellum, was clearly visible. [...]](/internal/media/dispatcher/4585/thumbnail)
Shay, Arthur
2012; printed 2014
Muha, Marie
![Florence often accompanied me when I was photographing at Northbrook Court Mall. She would scoot from shop to shop while waiting for us to have dinner, or I fussed with my hidden camera. One evening, I saw my beloved wife and model doing what she had steadfastly refused to do all her life, trying on a wig. Years later, here is Florence in her nursing home-surprising me for our Passover dinner [...]](/internal/media/dispatcher/4582/thumbnail)
![In Florence’s last months, when she could no longer go out to the Botanic Garden for dinner, our dear friends Josh and Signe Murphy and their daughters India and June came over with all the necessary provender and utensils, and cooked complete meals for us three or four times. When Florence died I solved some of the problem of what to do with her clothes by giving a bunch to 15 year old India. India adored Florence - and was thrilled to inherit her favorite skirt and sport jacket. [...]](/internal/media/dispatcher/4591/thumbnail)
