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The World Curled Fan Project Artist's Book by Lisa Nebenzahl

$900.00

This piece was selected for our 2026 Fore Edge Fair online artist book sale. If you're interested in keeping up with acquisition opportunities through our Fore Edge initiative, sign up for the Fore Edge newsletter here.

If placing an online order is not possible for your organization, please send a purchase order to aschiferl@mnbookarts.org and we will hold your items and follow up with an invoice. We request payment within 30 days of receipt.

“The World Curled fan is 3-panel, tri-fold paper hand fan that carries the poem 'The World Curled', written by my (then) eight-year-old daughter in 1998. The inspiration of this fan is from paper fans that were historically used as advertising for funeral homes (often from the 1930s-1950s) and as functional keepsakes to keep mourners cool. As a collector of fans for many years I have always loved these fans and how they reveal the side panels when opened. This fan shares with the reader a poem from a child's eyes that is both sophisticated and touching as it observes the world through young eyes. This project continues my work with the poetry written by women in my family—that of my mother and daughter, bringing a voice to both their poetry work and my visual art in a familial collaboration.” - Lisa Nebenzahl

7” x 5”
Fan Open: 7” x 10”
Clamshell Case: 12" x 8.5" x 1.5"

*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.

This piece was selected for our 2026 Fore Edge Fair online artist book sale. If you're interested in keeping up with acquisition opportunities through our Fore Edge initiative, sign up for the Fore Edge newsletter here.

If placing an online order is not possible for your organization, please send a purchase order to aschiferl@mnbookarts.org and we will hold your items and follow up with an invoice. We request payment within 30 days of receipt.

“The World Curled fan is 3-panel, tri-fold paper hand fan that carries the poem 'The World Curled', written by my (then) eight-year-old daughter in 1998. The inspiration of this fan is from paper fans that were historically used as advertising for funeral homes (often from the 1930s-1950s) and as functional keepsakes to keep mourners cool. As a collector of fans for many years I have always loved these fans and how they reveal the side panels when opened. This fan shares with the reader a poem from a child's eyes that is both sophisticated and touching as it observes the world through young eyes. This project continues my work with the poetry written by women in my family—that of my mother and daughter, bringing a voice to both their poetry work and my visual art in a familial collaboration.” - Lisa Nebenzahl

7” x 5”
Fan Open: 7” x 10”
Clamshell Case: 12" x 8.5" x 1.5"

*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.

Lisa Nebenzahl (she/her) is a Minneapolis-based interdisciplinary artist working in photography, the book arts, and printmaking. She holds a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Lisa's work explores themes of fragility, mortality, resilience, loss, and the passage of time, using a variety of techniques from traditional hand-sewing and three-dimensional constructed photographs to historical processes including cyanotype, letterpress, and polymer gravure printing.

https://www.lisanebenzahlphoto.com/ | Instagram: @lisanebenzahl