Draft "Gallery Note" for Wesley Wehr
From Chapter 11
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From Chapter 11
Bishop’s revised draft of “Gallery Note” reflects her efforts to capture a geologically precise analogy for Wehr’s artwork. (VC 53.8; Courtesy of Vassar College; this note was published as “Wesley Wehr” in Pr352-353 and in PPL469-70; in the archival note, Bishop wrote lonelinesses, which has been incorrectly transcribed as loneliness in both published versions.)
From Chapter 11
Wehr’s painting evokes the textural quality of geological formations. (VC 100.31; Courtesy of Vassar College)
From Chapter 11
One can see Bishop trying to jimmy her lines into place, but the insistence on the liveliness of the light—its ability to damage materials over time—is worth noting. (VC 75.3; Courtesy of Vassar College; transcribed by Quinn on p. 72 of EAP)