WOMEN HOLDING THINGS

From the critically acclaimed artist designer and author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and My Favorite Things comes a wondrous collection of words and paintings that is a moving meditation on the beauty and complexity of women s lives and roles revealed in the things they hold What do women hold The home and the family And the children and the food The friendships The work The work of the world And the work of being human The memories And the troubles And the sorrows and the triumphs And the love In the spring of 2021 Maira and Alex Kalman created a small limited edition booklet Women Holding Things which featured select recent paintings by Maira accompanied by her insightful and deeply personal commentary The booklet quickly sold out Now the Kalmans have expanded that original publication into this extraordinary visual compendium Women Holding Things includes the bright bold images featured in the booklet as well as an additional sixty seven new paintings highlighted by thoughtful and intimate anecdotes recollections and ruminations Most are portraits of women both ordinary and famous including Virginia Woolf Sally Hemings Hortense Cezanne Gertrude Stein as well as Kalman s family members and other real life peop