Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Bunny Yeager, In Focus


Self Portrait, 1950s, by Bunny Yeager, American, born Linnea Eleanor Yeager, model, photographer, March 30, 1930-May 25, 2014.

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Fliegen Wald


Fliegen Wald, 1921, by Adolf Wolfli, Swiss, 1864-1930.  Graphite and colored pencil on paper.

Ramona In the Little Flying Machine


Ramona In the Little Flying Machine, 1929, by Yva, real name Else Neulander-Simon, born Else Ernestine Neulander, German, 1900-1942 (Sobibor)

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend


Panel from Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, 1906, by Winsor McCay, American, born Canada, 1867-1931.

Friday, May 16, 2014

Loie Fuller Dancing


Loie Fuller Dancing, 1900, by Samuel Joshua Beckett, British, 1870-1940.  Loie Fuller, born Marie Louise Fuller, American, dancer, choreographer, lighting designer, 1862-1928.

Loie Fuller


Sketch of Loie Fuller, 1890s, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864-1901.  Graphite and colored pencil on paper.  Loie Fuller, born Marie Louise Fuller, American, dancer, choreographer, lighting designer, 1862-1928.

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Komol


Komol advertisement, 1930s, by Ringl + Pit, collaboration, 1929-1933.  Ringl, real name Grete Stern, Argentinian, born Germany, 1904-1999.  Pit, real name Ellen Auerbach, born Ellen Rosenberg, American, born Germany, 1906-2004.

Kno-Shr


Kno-Shr, 1853, by John H. Fitzgibbon, American, born Great Britain, 1816-1882.  Kno-Shr, Kansas chief, dates unknown.

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Fantasies of the Moon


Fantasies of the Moon, 1938, by Hirai Terushichi, Japanese, 1900-1970.  Hand tinted photo montage.

Woman Lying On A Leopard Skin


Woman Lying on a Leopard Skin, 1927, by Otto Dix, born Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix, German, 1891-1961.  Oil on panel.

The Sin of Nora Moran


The Sin of Nora Moran, 1933, poster designed and illustrated by Alberto Vargas, Peruvian, 1896-1992.   Directed by Phil Goldstone, American, born Poland, 1893-1963.