Tag Archives: Miniatures

1978: The Medusa Touch

Posted on September 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jack Gold, director: The Medusa Touch (1978)

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2010: Beauty Shop

Posted on September 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Lori Nix at work on Beauty Shop (2010), one of a series of photographs of post-apocalyptic miniatures. (See her website.)

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1963: Bauhaus Cake

Posted on September 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Cake in the shape of the Bauhaus building in Dessau, Germany, served on the occasion of Walter Gropius’ 80th birthday, 1963. (source)

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2014: Pool Side

Posted on September 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Anna Carey: Pool Side (2014) (source)

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2009: Landscape (with Sheep)

Posted on September 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

Levi van Veluw: Landscape (2008) (source)

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1952: Ottawa

Posted on September 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

Canadian Civil Defence training officer Lt. Col. W. Arthur Croteau points at a model of an atom bomb blast above a map of Ottawa during a 1952 exercise (source)

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1932: Summer in Saint-Michel

Posted on August 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Pierre Roy: L’été de la Saint-Michel (Nature morte) [Summer in Saint-Michel (still life)] (1932)

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1913: Gallery

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Fold-out letter from Alfred Joseph Frueh to his fiancée Giuliette Fanciulli, Jan. 10, 1913. Frueh was an American caricaturist, cartoonist and illustrator. (source)

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1943: Miniature Mount Vernon

Posted on August 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

This miniature reproduction of the West Parlor of George Washington’s Mount Vernon was crafted by Narcissa Niblack Thorne. The photo on the left shows the room being prepared for exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1943. Thorne’s detailed … Continue reading →

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1964: World’s Largest Miniature City

Posted on August 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Built for the 1964 World’s Fair at a cost of $672,000 (about $5.3 million in 2017), the Panorama of New York City at the Queens Museum is the world’s largest architectural model of a city. It includes about 895,000 miniature … Continue reading →

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