Tag Archives: 1970’s

1959: Satchmo Talking

Posted on October 18, 2020 by corvusfugit

Collages by jazz great Louis Armstrong, mostly done on reel-to-reel tape boxes. Dates on the newspapers used range from 1959 to 1971, the year of his death. … Continue reading →

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1629: The Most Trivial Disagreements

Posted on August 15, 2020 by corvusfugit

Such personal correspondence and diaries as survive suggest that social relations from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries tended to be cool, even unfriendly. The extraordinary amount of casual interpersonal physical and verbal violence, as recorded in legal and other … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 1970's, 20th Century, Art, Backgammon, Belgium, Books, Games, Great Britain, Lawrence Stone, Painting, Playing Cards, Sociology, Theodoor Rombouts | 1 Comment

1978: Superman vs. Muhammad Ali

Posted on August 8, 2020 by corvusfugit

Who would win in a fight—Superman or Muhammad Ali? The two duked it out in a 1978 comic. An evil space alien named Rat’Lar brings an armada to earth and claims that Earthlings’ warlike ways pose a threat to his … Continue reading →

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1979: Westside Dreams

Posted on August 2, 2020 by corvusfugit

Daniel Salazar: Westside Dreams (1979) This photo shows the National Chicano Dance Theater posing in front of the Denver skyline in 1979, I think probably as part of a promotional shoot for Daniel Valdez’s play Zoot Suit, which debuted that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1940's, 1970's, 20th Century, Art, Cars, Daniel Salazar, Daniel Valdez, Film, Latino/as/x, Photography, Theater, USA | 2 Comments

1971: Kirby

Posted on May 3, 2020 by corvusfugit

Jack Kirby: page from A “King” Kirby Portfolio (1971)

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1979: Angel

Posted on December 26, 2019 by corvusfugit

Graciela Iturbide: Mujer Ángel, Desierto de Sonora, México [Angel Woman, Sonora Desert, Mexico] (1979)

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1994: An Insane Premise

Posted on September 2, 2019 by corvusfugit

In an afterword to the 25th anniversary edition of Portnoy’s Complaint, Philip Roth tells a story about the first lines of his novels. When he was living in Chicago in the late 1950’s, he says, he once went to a … Continue reading →

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1973: Homage

Posted on August 25, 2019 by corvusfugit

Joan Miró: Homage to Miró (1973)

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1976: City

Posted on July 10, 2019 by corvusfugit

Thomas Bayrle: The City (1976) [detail]; here is the whole thing:

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1972: Irinaland over the Balkans

Posted on May 16, 2019 by corvusfugit

Friedensreich Hundertwasser: Irinaland over the Balkans (1971-1972)

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