Inherited: A Family History of Cleaning and Keeping

Inherited: artist book by Caroline Penn.
Double concertina, digitally printed on Japanese paper, hand-bound, in envelope of vintage bookcloth with gold-foiled title. 10 x 23cm; opening out to 75x23cm. Edition of 20.
Inherited: artist book by Caroline Penn.
Double concertina, digitally printed on Japanese paper, hand-bound, in envelope of vintage bookcloth with gold-foiled title. 10 x 23cm; opening out to 75x23cm. Unlimited edition.
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Double concertina, digitally printed on Japanese paper, hand-bound, in envelope of vintage bookcloth with gold-foiled title. 10 x 23cm; opening out to 75x23cm. Unlimited edition.
Inherited: artist book by Caroline Penn.
Double concertina, digitally printed on Japanese paper, hand-bound, in envelope of vintage bookcloth with gold-foiled title. 10 x 23cm; opening out to 75x23cm. Unlimited edition.

Through drawings, legible and illegible handwriting as well as a technical report, the Hoover, two vacuum cleaners, one floor polisher and a carpet sweeper left behind by the artist’s mother after her death, reveal layers of emotional attachment as well as attitudes to cleaning and the problem of unwanted matter.