Tag Archives: Printmaking

1918: Young Crow

Posted on September 19, 2019 by corvusfugit

Jan Mankes: Jonge kraai (1918)

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1865: The Storm Cloud

Posted on September 8, 2019 by corvusfugit

Félix Bracquemond: The Storm Cloud (1860-1870)

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1792: Name Your Weapons

Posted on September 7, 2019 by corvusfugit

One afternoon in 1792, Lady Almeria Braddock and a certain Mrs. Elphinstone were having tea when the following exchange occurred: Mrs Elphinstone: “You have been a very beautiful woman.” Lady Almeria: “Have been? What do you mean by ‘have been’?” … Continue reading →

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1965: Lo, The Mystique City

Posted on August 28, 2019 by corvusfugit

Betye Saar: Lo, The Mystique City (1965)

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1973: Homage

Posted on August 25, 2019 by corvusfugit

Joan Miró: Homage to Miró (1973)

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1924: Queen of the Clouds

Posted on May 27, 2019 by corvusfugit

Otto Kuhler: Queen of the Clouds (1924)

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1972: Irinaland over the Balkans

Posted on May 16, 2019 by corvusfugit

Friedensreich Hundertwasser: Irinaland over the Balkans (1971-1972)

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1891: May Day

Posted on May 1, 2019 by corvusfugit

Happy May Day! Walter Crane: The Triumph of Labour (1891)

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1891: Funeral

Posted on April 30, 2019 by corvusfugit

Henri Rivière: Funeral Under Umbrellas (1891)

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1865: An Army of Striking Labor

Posted on April 28, 2019 by corvusfugit

In Black Reconstruction in America (1935), W. E. B. Du Bois argues that a “general strike” by millions of enslaved African-Americans decided the outcome of the civil war. By rebelling against their masters, abandoning southern plantations, contributing their labor to … Continue reading →

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