A Letter to an American Woman Who Wants to Learn French
Mixed Media
21 x 21 x 2
$750.00
Art Medium(s) Additional Information:
mixed media-paint, image transfer, photos and letters
Title of Literary Work that Inspired Your Piece
A Letter to an American Woman Who Wants to Learn French
Year Artwork was Completed:
2024
Author of Literary Work:
Abbe Ernest Dimnet
Excerpt/passage used as inspiration:
Title: A Letter to an American Woman Who Wants to Learn French
This mixed media piece was sparked by a page I found in a magazine titled “A Letter to an American Woman Who Wants to Learn French.” I was immediately drawn to it—not just for the phrase, but because it mirrored, in reverse, the story of my French great-great-grandmother, who came to America in the late 1800s and married my American great-great-grandfather. I included the magazine page as a photo transfer, so the title and article read backward—a visual echo of how stories shift over time, especially across languages and generation
