![]() ![]() Each lot is itemised, priced and arranged chronologically, the dry auction descriptions masking the myriad emotions and memories that each item possesses. In this art book / graphic novel / love story, Shapton chronicles the four-year relationship of Lenore and Harold through the auction catalogue of the artifacts put up for sale following the demise of their relationship, which include romantic notes and ominous letters, diaries and saved cookie fortunes. ![]() There are a myriad of books on the subject, so how to tell it differently? This is what artist and writer Leanne Shapton has tried to so with the lugubriously titled Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry. As time passes, that giddiness transforms, first into doubts and arguments, then into pain and separation. In the early, rosy days they revel in pet names and promises, private jokes and personal gifts. A man and a woman meet and fall in love, madly, passionately. ![]()
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