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1883: Two Versions of the Same Tree

Posted on July 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

     James Hey Davies: Study of an Ash Tree in Summer (1883) Study of an Ash Tree in Winter (1883)

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1943: Nurse Hamaguchi

Posted on July 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ansel Adams: Nurse Aiko Hamaguchi (1943) From Adams’s photographs of Japanese-American internment at Manzanar (here).

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1917-1978: Address Book

Posted on July 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

Hannah Höch’s address book (1917-1978) (source)

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1921: Timeless Poetry

Posted on July 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

FORGET IT Forget the slander you have heard. Forget the hasty unkind word; Forget the quarrel and the cause, Forget the whole affair, because Forgetting is the only way. Forget the trials you have had, Forget the weather if it’s … Continue reading →

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1892: And The Sea Gave Up The Dead Which Were In It

Posted on July 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Sir Frederic Lord Leighton: And The Sea Gave Up The Dead Which Were In It (1892)

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2015: Cube of Shadows

Posted on July 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Anila Quayyum Agha: Intersections (2015) (source)

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2015: Ink

Posted on July 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jessica Harrison paints tattoos on found ceramic figures: Painted Lady (14), 2015 See more here.

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1920s: Fast • Reliable

Posted on July 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Posters commissioned by the Chicago Rapid Transit Company in the 1920’s to encourage Chicagoans to use mass transit to explore the city, not just for getting to and from work. Click to see full-size. (source)

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1887: The Story Depends on the Teller

Posted on July 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

The Lion and the Statue On a statue king Lion dethroned, Showing conqueror Man, Lion frowned. “If a Lion, you know, Had been sculptor, he’d show Lion rampant, and Man on the ground.” THE STORY DEPENDS ON THE TELLER Walter … Continue reading →

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1940: Central Park

Posted on July 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Louis Lozowick: Central Park (1940)

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