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Tag Archives: 20th Century
1957: Carburetor
Walter Tandy Murch: Carburetor (1957)
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1989: Walking House
Laurie Simmons: Walking House (1989)
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1970: Knots
A selection from R. D. Laing’s Knots (1970). Here is another: Mother loves me because she is good I am bad, to think she is bad therefore if I am good she is good and loves me because I am … Continue reading
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1932: Sunset
Charles Ernest Butler: Sunset at Low Tide, Westcliff-on-Sea (1932)
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1973: Literature
Nick Cardy: From Beyond the Unknown Vol. 1 #23 (August, 1973)
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Animals, Apes, Art, Books, Comics, Daniel Defoe, Herman Melville, Libraries, Mammals, Nick Cardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, USA
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1931: Seascape
Patrick von Kalckreuth: Seascape The painting is undated. Von Kalckreuth (1892–1970) was born Patrick Dunbar, but changed his name after his father died and his mother married Richard von Kalckreuth in 1931. The signature on the panting thus indicates a … Continue reading
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1913: St. Bride
John Duncan: St. Bride (1913) St. Brigid of Kildare (c. 451 – 525) is said to have been carried by angels from Iona, a small island in the Hebrides, to Bethlehem (and back in time) to serve as a midwife … Continue reading
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1968: BE THE THING!
An exercise from Making It Strange #4, a workbook for elementary school students published by Harper & Row in 1968: BE ZERO AND SEE THE WORLD Simple things often seem dull until you get inside them and think the way … Continue reading
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1948: The Rivers of America
The Rivers of America consists of sixty-five volumes published over 37 years (1937-1974): Published by Farrar & Rinehart (1937–1946): 1. The Kennebec: Cradle of the Americans, Robert P. Tristram Coffin, 1937; illustrated by Maitland de Gogorza 2. The Upper Mississippi, … Continue reading
1976: House
Francesca Woodman: House #4, Providence, Rhode Island, 1976
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