Measure

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Measure is written by Anna Von Mertens and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0692189149 (ISBN 10) and 9780692189146 (ISBN 13).

In an exhibition commissioned by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University (November 2018-January 2019), the artist Anna Von Mertens explored the life and work of Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868-1921), one of the women "computers" hired around the turn of the 20th century to analyze glass-plate astronomical photographs at the Harvard College Observatory. Using the language of quilting and drawing, Von Mertens reimagined Leavitt's patient work, exploring the potency of single, measured actions as units of understanding. This book was produced to accompany the exhibition. It includes a biography of Henrietta Swan Leavitt by the artist, an artist's statement, a text about the relationship between drawing and observation, and an essay by Jennifer L. Roberts, an art historian and curator of the exhibition.