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Bea Nettles

(Gainesville, Florida, 1946 - )

Birch Eyes

1996

Photo etching, toned gelatin silver print and stitching on handmade paper

16 x 16 in. (40.6 x 40.6 cm)

Collection of the Akron Art Museum

Gift of the artist

2011.38

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In 1996, Nettles celebrated her 50th birthday with works in several landmark solo and group exhibitions, including the Akron Art Museum’s own History of Women Photographers, which traveled around the United States for two years. Always experimenting, Nettles collaborated with faculty from Columbia College’s Book and Paper Arts program to create Birch Eyes.

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