Tag Archives: USA

1982: Press Operators

Posted on June 25, 2021 by corvusfugit

Russ Marshall: Press Operators, GM Fisher Body Trim Plant, Fort Street, Detroit, Michigan (1982, printed 1997)

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5650: The Last Day of Manhattan

Posted on June 24, 2021 by corvusfugit

In 1905, the great comic strip artist Windsor McCay illustrated a series of satiric science fiction vignettes by the prolific author, humorist, and editor John Kendrick Bangs. The series ran in The New York Herald and other newspapers and featured … Continue reading →

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2015: Grid

Posted on March 22, 2021 by corvusfugit

Victor Hugo Zayas: Grid Series 16 (2015)

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1941: A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever

Posted on March 15, 2021 by corvusfugit

Russell Lee: Candy stand run by Negro. Southside, Chicago, Illinois (1941) A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a … Continue reading →

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1966: Coleslaw

Posted on March 13, 2021 by corvusfugit

From a 1996 essay by Elisabeth Roudinesco, “Lacan and Derrida in the History of Psychoanalysis”: The first encounter between Lacan and Derrida took place…at a famous symposium held in Baltimore in October 1966, which, under the auspices of the Center … Continue reading →

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1980: Burnt House

Posted on March 4, 2021 by corvusfugit

Robert Gober: Burnt House (1980)

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1928: Damaged

Posted on February 27, 2021 by corvusfugit

Walker Evans: [Workers Loading Neon “Damaged” Sign into Truck, West Eleventh Street, New York City] (1928-1930)

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19th Century: Provenance Unknown

Posted on February 21, 2021 by corvusfugit

Portrait of a child holding a lizard. Nineteenth or twentieth century, maybe American.

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1889: Artist-in-Residence

Posted on December 5, 2020 by corvusfugit

The celebrated 19th century French painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur was known for wearing men’s pants, shirts, and ties, as well as participating in traditionally masculine activities such as hunting and smoking. She lived with her lifelong partner, Nathalie Micas … Continue reading →

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1961: A Song Bob Dylan Never Wrote

Posted on December 4, 2020 by corvusfugit

From Dylan’s Chronicles Volume One (2004): I can’t say when it occurred to me to write my own songs. I couldn’t have come up with anything comparable or halfway close to the folk song lyrics I was singing to define … Continue reading →

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