Tag Archives: 20th Century

1925: The Copper Tambourine of the Night

Posted on December 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Maximilian Voloshin: Медный бубен ночи [The Copper Tambourine of the Night] (1925) The pearl bejeweling the quiet of night, The gem of the lagoon’s star-studded base! Your light makes young and pallid every face, Thorn-apple longs for You in love-lorn … Continue reading →

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1949: PH-129

Posted on December 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Clyfford Still: PH-129 (1949)

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1903: Steel Mills

Posted on December 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Aaron Harry Gorson: Steel Mills – Nocturne, Pittsburgh (c. 1903-1920)

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1941: Merry Christmas to All Loyal Comrades of the Victorious Soviet!

Posted on December 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

I couldn’t pass up this Christmas figurine of Santa Claus piloting a WWII-era Soviet Polikarpov I-16, complete with red star markings on the vertical stabilizer. Santa crashes while delivering presents in Siberia. (Actually a Polikarpov I-16 after an emergency landing … Continue reading →

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1908: Work or Riot

Posted on December 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

On October 15, 1908, an Irish clerk and ex-soldier named Wallace Brandford Collins ordered a throng of unemployed men and women in Hyde Park to riot at the British Museum. Collins was described as a man of powerful physique who … Continue reading →

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1944: Factory

Posted on December 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Frederick William Elwell: A Munitions Factory (1944)

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1920: Bombers over New York

Posted on December 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Army Air Forces photo of Martin Bombers Flying over New York City; the photo is undated, but the biplane silhouettes suggest a date in the 1920’s. (source)

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1904: Discarded Treasures

Posted on December 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Frederick Peto: Discarded Treasures (c. 1904) At some point, someone added the forged signature “W M”—for the popular trompe l’oeil painter William Harnett (1848-1892)—to this painting by John Frederic Peto. In the 1940’s, however, it was observed that paintings … Continue reading →

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1953: Daisy

Posted on December 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Robert Frank: Mary With Large Daisy In Her Hair (1953)

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1908: Dream of New York

Posted on December 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Harry M. Pettit: Illustration for Moses King’s guidebook Views of New York (1908)

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