Elizabeth Grey Writes

Elizabeth Grey Writes

Meeting Rut

The liberation of artwork, forty years later

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Elizabeth Grey
Jun 22, 2026
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Self-portrait, Rutherford Goodwin, circa 1957. Author photo.

The first time I pulled it out of the closet, I almost couldn’t.

It was heavy, cumbersome, and so large it was difficult to drag through the door. There were big, stiff rectangles stuck inside a large black trash bag. It strained at the seams. When I finally got it into the living room and opene…

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