Tag Archives: 20th Century

1958: Indrani Rahman and a Douglas DC-6

Posted on June 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Sunil Janah: Indrani Rahman Born in Chennai, Indrani Rahman was instilled with a sense of independence by her mother, a dancer from Petosky, Michigan who had changed her name from Esther Sherman to Ragini Devi when she’d married Ramalal Balram … Continue reading →

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1934: Self-Portrait with Pipe

Posted on June 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Samuel Joseph Brown: Smoking My Pipe (1934)

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1954: Far Out

Posted on June 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

The 1954 Ford FX Atmos debuted on March 15 at the Chicago Auto Show and featured a radar screen in its one-seat cockpit. (source)

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1982: Excess—The Factory

Posted on June 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

The great factory, the universe, the one that breathes for you. There’s no other air but what it pumps, expels. You are inside. All space is occupied : all has become waste. The skin, the teeth, the gaze. You move … Continue reading →

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1916: The King of the Cats

Posted on June 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

In Padraic Colum’s children’s classic The King of Ireland’s Son, this tale is told to the son by the king’s steward: The King of the Cats stood up. He was a grand creature. His body was brown and striped across … Continue reading →

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1967: The Girl in the Air with the Most Beautiful Hair

Posted on June 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ralph William Williams: TWA Hostess Judy Neumann (1967) [Breck shampoo ad] (source)

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1969: Big Sea

Posted on June 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Vija Celmins: Untitled (Big Sea #1) (1969)

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1943: Hazel Ying Lee

Posted on June 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

After Hazel Ying Lee earned her pilot’s license in Portland, Oregon in 1932, she traveled to China with the hopes of joining the Chinese air force and helping to fend off growing Japanese aggression. Turned down because she was a … Continue reading →

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1958: Rothko / Television

Posted on June 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Mark Rothko: No. 37/No. 19 (Slate Blue and Brown on Plum) (1958) (source) RCA Model CTC-7 (1958)

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1920’s: Portraits

Posted on June 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Winold Reiss: Turtle (1920) Japanese Student II (1925) Nenauaki , Queen Woman (1928) Harlem Girl I (1925)

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