Friday, December 26, 2014
Renee Perle
Portrait of Renee Perle, 1930, by Jacques Henri Lartigue, French, 1894-1986. Renee Perle, French, born Romania, model, painter, 1904-1977.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
The Interview
The Interview movie poster, 2014, designer unknown. The Interview, 2014, directed by Seth Rogan, Canadian, actor, writer, comedian, director, 1982-, and Evan Goldberg, Canadian, writer, director, producer, 1982-.
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Variations
Variations, 1946, by Man Ray, born Emmanuel Radnitzky, American, painter, photographer, 1890-1976. Oil on Masonite.
View Of Fire Down Sacramento Street, San Francisco Earthquake
View Of Fire Down Sacramento Street, San Francisco Earthquake, 1906, by Arnold Genthe, American, born Germany, 1869-1942. Second version, printed 1956 from the same negative, by Ansel Adams, American, photographer, printer, 1902-1984.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Vera de Bosset Soudeikine, Latter Madame Igor Stravinsky
Portrait of Vera de Bosset Soudeikine, latter Madame Igor Stravinsky, 1920, by Sergei Soudeikine, American, born Russia, painter, scene and costume designer, 1882-1946. Vera de Bosset, born Vera de Bosse, American, born Russia, ballet dancer, 1888-1982. Igor Stravinsky, French/American, born Russia, composer, conductor, 1882-1971. oil on canvas mounted on board.
Sophia Loren At Home
Sophia Loren At Home, 1955, by Chim, real name Dawid Szymin, also known as David Seymour, Polish, 1911-1956. Sophia Loren, born Sophia Villani Scicolone, Italian, actress, 1934-.
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Dred Scott
Portrait of Dred Scott, 1888, by Louis Schultze, American, born Germany, 1820-1900. Dred Scott, American, slave, lead plaintiff, Dred Scott vs Sanford, 1795-1858. Dred Scott vs Sanford, 1857. Oil on canvas.
Monday, November 24, 2014
Rodney King
Video screen capture of the beating of Rodney King by the LAPD, 1991, by George Holliday, American. Rodney King, American, construction worker, victim of a police beating, 1965-2012.
Labels:
crime,
Georeg Holliday,
LAPD,
police brutality,
riots,
Rodney King,
video
Friday, November 21, 2014
Chicago
Untitled street photograph, Chicago, mid 1950s, by Vivian Maier, American, born France, nanny, photographer, 1926-2009.
Miami
Untitled, taken in Miami, 1955, by Nina Leen, American, born Russia, exact date of birth unknown, thought to be between 1909 and 1914-1995.
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Corpse In Barbed Wire, Flanders
Corpse In Barbed Wire, Flanders, 1924, by Otto Dix, German, 1891-1969. Etching with aquatint on copperplate paper.
Friday, November 14, 2014
The Big Parade
The Big Parade Movie Poster, 1925, designer/illustrator unknown. The Big Parade, 1925, directed by King Vidor, American, writer, producer, film director, 1894-1982.
Wings
Wings Movie Poster, 1927, illustrator/designer unknown. Wings, 1927, directed by William A. Wellman, American, professional ice hockey player, fighter pilot, actor, writer, producer, film director, 1896-1975.
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Don't Fraternize
Don't Fraternize Poster, 1945, U.S. Army, designer unknown. Poster meant to discourage allied occupation forces, Germany, from fraternizing with Germans.
Lee Miller, Self Portrait
Self Portrait, 1929, by Lee Miller, born Elizabeth Miller, American, model, photographer, journalist, 1907-1977.
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Quartermass 2
French poster for Quartermass 2, 1957, designed by Clement Hurel, French, 1927-2008. Quartermass 2, 1957, directed by Val Guest, born Valmond Maurice Grossman, English, writer, director, 1911-2006. American release title, Enemy From Space.
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Sidi Bombay
Portrait of Sidi Mubarak Bombay, also known as Chuma, waYao Tribe, from the border region of modern day Tanzania and Mozambique, slave, linguist, soldier, guide, explorer, 1820-1885. Photographer and exact date of photograph unknown, probably from the 1880s.
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Marguerite Kelsey
Portrait of Marguerite Kelsey, 1928, by Meredith Frampton, English, 1894-1984. Marguerite Kelsey, artist's model, English, 1908-1195.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
The Last Public Execution In France
The execution, by guillotine, of Eugene Weidmann, Paris, June 17, 1939, photographer unknown. Eugene Weidmann, German, serial killer, kidnapper, 1908-1939.
Hong Kong Street Scene
Untitled Hong Kong Street Scene, 1940s, by Ho Fan, Chinese, photographer, writer, film director, actor, 1937-.
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Matson Lines Passenger List
Matson Lines Passenger List, illustrator and date of original artwork unknown, list published, September 21, 1953. From my collection. Please note that the original folder is slightly bigger than my scanner, forcing me to crop approximately one quarter inch from the top and bottom of the front cover, and to scan the inside pages in two sections.
M
M poster, 1931, illustrator unknown. M, 1931, directed by Fritz Lang, born Friedrich Christain Lang, American, born Austria-Hungary, now Austria, 1890-1976.
Friday, September 26, 2014
Unabomber's Cabin, Evidence Photos, Exhibits A, B, C, D
Evidence photos of the Unabomber's Cabin, 1998, by Richard Barnes, American, 1953-. The Unabomber, real name Theodore, "Ted" Kaczynski, American, mathematician, terrorist, paranoid-schizophrenic, 1942-.
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Blaze Starr In Her Baltimore Home
Blaze Starr In Her Baltimore Home, 1964, by Diane Arbus, born Diane Nemerov, American, 1923-1971. Blaze Starr, real name Fannie Belle Fleming, American, stripper, nude model, actress, 1932-.
Friday, September 19, 2014
A House Collapsing On Two Firemen
A House Collapsing On Two Fireman, Shoe Lane, London, EC4, 1940, by Leonard Rosoman, English, 1913-2012. Oil on canvas.
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Annemarie Schwarzenbach and Her Mercedes, Berlin
Annemarie Schwarzenbach and Her Mercedes, Berlin, 1932, by Marianne Breslauer, German, 1909-2001. Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Swiss, writer, photographer, journalist, traveler, explorer, 1908-1942.
Ruth von Morgen
Portrait of Ruth von Morgen, 1934, by Marianne Breslauer, German, 1909-2001. Ruth von Morgen, German, dates unknown.
Saturday, August 30, 2014
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