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1935: Red Butte

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Maynard Dixon: Red Butte with Mountain Men (1935)

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1947: Mister

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Gottlieb: Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, Downbeat, New York, NY (ca. Feb. 1947) (source)

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1953: Painter / Spy

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Tomás Harris: Mallorca Series No.9 (1953) Tomás Harris trained at the Slade School of Fine Art and the British Academy in Rome before deciding to follow in his wealthy father’s footsteps and become an art dealer in London. Early in … Continue reading →

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1938: Meer im Abendlicht

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Emil Nolde: Meer im Abendlicht [Sea in the Evening Light] (c. 1938-1945)

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2013: Disco Buddha

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

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1815: Wretched Forebodings

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Francisco Goya: Tristes Presentimientos de lo que ha de Acontecer [Wretched Forebodings of Things to Come] (1814-1815)

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2016: Adrift

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Sam Yeats: Adrift (2016)

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2017: The Sky

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

New additions to the gallery.

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14th Century: Watch as I Become a Buddha Even More Quickly than That!

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

The Lotus Sutra is one of the central texts in the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism and, for some, is thought to contain the complete and final teaching of the Buddha. It was composed at the turn of the millennium. In … Continue reading →

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1979: James Baldwin’s Inkwell

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Q. How do you see the role of the black American writer in particular? A. Well, you have to understand that presently you’re going to be obsolete, because America is going to be obsolete. But if one substitutes the word … Continue reading →

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