My Father's House: On Will Barnet's Painting

by Thomas Dumm

In My Father's House, the political philosopher Thomas Dumm explores a series of stark and melancholy paintings by the American artist Will Barnet. Responding to the physical and mental decline of his sister Eva, who lived alone in the family home in Beverly, Massachusetts, Barnet began work in 1990 on what became a series of nine paintings depicting Eva and other family members, as they once were and as they figured in the artist's memory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822355469
• ISBN13: 9780822355465
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.0"