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1740: Thangka Depicting Vajrabhairava

Posted on February 15, 2019 by

Thangka Depicting Vajrabhairava (1740) This thangka, a type of Tibetan painting that uses ground mineral pigment on cotton or silk, shows Yamantaka Vajrabhairava, a deity in the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism. He is shown with nine heads (the largest … Continue reading →

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1939: A Cat Standing on Its Hind Legs

Posted on February 14, 2019 by

Louis Wain: A cat standing on its hind legs, formed by patterns supposed to be in the “Early Greek” style (1925-1939).

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1923: Plum Tree

Posted on February 13, 2019 by

Theodore Earl Butler: Autumn Plum Tree in the Artists’ Garden, Giverny, 1923

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1986: Lower Manhattan

Posted on January 23, 2019 by

Yvonne Jacquette: A Glimpse of Lower Manhattan (Night) (1986)

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1859: Morning Over New York

Posted on January 22, 2019 by

Charles Herbert Moore: Morning Over New York (c. 1859)

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1920: General Confusion

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Stanislaw Witkiewicz: General Confusion (1920)

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1963: Pastoral

Posted on December 29, 2018 by

Richard Mayhew: Pastoral (c. 1963)

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