Minnie and Paul Sunderman, Illinois, June 1900



Minnie and Paul Sunderman, Illinois, June 1900

“My maternal grandmother grew up with the specter of an older brother she never knew. Her older sisters would say: “Oh you should have known mother before Paul was hit in the stomach with a green apple and died.” My grandmother only had memories of a heartbroken woman, who died when she was sixteen, and of living in a family in which time and fortune were marked by a green apple. “My darling Paul died at 1:30 am. I had intended to speak upon heaven at 10:30 am. A hard stroke but God’s will be done”, my great-grandfather, a minister, wrote in his sermon log, 5 June 1900.

2006
Cibachrome mounted on Dibond
40X40 inches (edition of 3 + 2AP’s)
30X30 inches (edition of 5 + 3AP’s)
9X9 inches (edition of 25 + 5AP’s)