Rrose Selavy, pseudonym/alter-ego of Marcel Duchamp, artist, French, 1887-1968, photograph by Man Ray, artist, photographer, American, born Emanuel Radnitzky, 1890-1976.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Alias Marcel Duchamp
Rrose Selavy, pseudonym/alter-ego of Marcel Duchamp, artist, French, 1887-1968, photograph by Man Ray, artist, photographer, American, born Emanuel Radnitzky, 1890-1976.
The Fly Is As Deadly As A Bomber
The Fly is as Deadly as a Bomber, WPA poster, 1941-1943, designed by Robert Muchley, American.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Late Afternoon, California
Late Afternoon, California, 1935, oil on canvas, by Maude Irvine Kerns, American, 1876-1965.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Primula Auricula
Primula auricula, a species of primrose, illustration from The Florilegium by Alexander Marshal, English, botanist, entomologist, (1620-1682). Exact date of illustration unknown.
Brigitte Helm
Publicity still of Brigitte Helm, born Brigitte Eva Schittenhelm, German, actress, (1906-1996), from the mid 1920s, exact date and photographer unknown.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Stagecoach
John Wayne, American, actor, born Marion Robert Morrison, 1907-1979, as The Ringo Kid in Stagecoach, released 1939, directed by John Ford, American, born John Martin Feeney, 1894-1973.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The New York Housing Authority From the WPA
Poster created for the New York Housing Authority by the WPA (Works Progress Administration) 1936, artist unknown. WPA established 1935, eliminated 1943.
Back Stage With Weegee
The Gold Painted Stripper, 1950, photograph by Weegee, American, born Austria-Hungry, now Ukraine, born Usher Fellig, changed to Arthur Fellig, 1899-1968.
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