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Worlds beyond my window

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Life and Work of Gertrude McCarty Smith

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Featuring over 150 images, a dozen poems, and insightful essays from art dealers, curators, artists and family members, profiles the life and work of artist, columnist, and poet Gertrude McCarty Smith (1923-2007) of Collins, Mississippi. This self-taught, prolific, creative trailblazer worked in many mediums, producing thousands of paintings, sculptures, songs, poems, and newspaper columns. In addition, as the owner of a celebrated cake business for twenty-five years, McCarty Smith produced artful cakes, and along the way accumulated a large following of collectors and readers across America and Europe.

Table of Contents

A Woman of Courage and Creativity -- Life through a Kaleidoscope -- A Curator's View -- The Three Sides of Gertrude: The Collected Works of Gertrude McCarty Smith -- An Artistic Critique -- Editor's Note -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Achievements -- Notes -- List of Images -- List of Poetry -- Contributors.

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Worlds beyond my window

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  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:13:03.886864+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 23975334

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  • Date: 2026-09-11
  • Cataloger id: Unknown
  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
  • Description authentication: pcc

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