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1975: Space Ace
Waring Abbot: Ace Frehley (1975)
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Music, Photography, Rock, USA, Waring Abbot
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1910: Broadway at Night
Alvin Langdon Coburn: Broadway at Night (c. 1910)
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1895: Evening Mood
Walter Leistikow: Evening Mood at Schlachtensee (c. 1895)
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2017: Sok Aun
Charles Fox: Sok Aun (2017) About a third of the construction workers in Phnom Penh are women. “Its been three years since I arrived in Phnom Penh and I have been working in construction the whole time. My daughter is … Continue reading
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1895: Katherine
James Dromgole Linton: Katherine from The Taming of the Shrew (c. 1895) (source)
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2011: Surveillance
Sandow Birk and Elyse Pignolet: CCTV #2 (2011) (source)
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Art, Ceramics, Elyse Pignolet, Sandow Birk, USA
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1481: Astrolabe
The only surviving spherical astrolabe was purchased at auction in 1962 by the Oxford Museum of the History of Science. It is signed by its maker, Mūsa (the Arabic equivalent of Moses), who is otherwise unknown—but the particular style of … Continue reading
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2011: Identity
Sabelo Mlangeni: Identity (2011) (source)
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1906: The Light Shineth in Darkness and the Darkness Comprehendeth it Not
Evelyn de Morgan: The Light Shineth in Darkness and the Darkness Comprehendeth it Not (1906)
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2009: Landscape (with Sheep)
Levi van Veluw: Landscape (2008) (source)
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Tagged 2000's, 21st Century, Animals, Art, Conceptual Art, Landscapes, Levi van Veluw, Miniatures, Netherlands, Portraits, Sheep, Trees
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