View of the building in the early 2000s.

A living room view of the bathroom area under construction in the early 1980s.

How it looked in 1982.

A living room view of the bathroom entry, 2017.

Nancy’s “favorite room”– the luxurious bath. Plants, hair stylist signs from the streets of Benin, Africa, Nancy’s own art and that of other artists filled this room.

Nancy was a bibliophile. At the time of her death, she owned approximately 4,000 books which she had divided between Chicago and Oaxaca. She read widely and deeply, often marking key passages and images with post-it notes in books on animal rights, art history, gender studies, feminism, Italian, Spanish, and poetry. Shwon here is one of the shelves of books in her library.

Shot of the library, 1981-82.

Autumn 2017 view of the library from Nancy’s living room. Her bedroom is at the top. The book shelves have been removed at this point.

A second view of the library in 2017. All of the books have been removed.

Living room area in 2017.

Studio in 1981-1982.

Shown on the walls: North Avenue Disaster, Happy Holidays, and Mom and Pop. The goose light is featured in her work, Council of the Birds.

Early Chicago group exhibition card, 1979, featuring Nancy’s work.

A.R.C. exhibition catalogue cover, Humor in Art, 1981. Nancy was among a large group of artists challenging the “seriousness” of abstraction in art.

Nancy’s first one woman exhibition at Betsy Rosenfeld Gallery, 1983. For the next decade and a half, she will use inflatables and gag props as a way of re-imaging traditional still life and self-portraiture.