Philosophy

Saturday, December 18, 2010

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Friday, December 17, 2010

Henri Privat-Livemont, Rajah, 1900


Lace and Face

Edward Steichen/Rolf Petersen, Gloria Swanson, New York, (for Vanity Fair), silver print, 1924; printed 1960s-1971. Sold for $26,400.


strange looking persona

Gamblers



Jacob Lawrence, Two Card Players, gouache on brown composition board, circa 1941-42. Sold for $67,200.


Why?

Poodle

Poster Art

... beautiful posters by Jules Cheret, Alphonse Mucha, Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and many more.




Eccentric

Noun

Adjective

  • S: (adj) bizarreeccentricfreakishfreakyflakyflakeygonzooff-the-walloutlandishoutre (conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual) "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"
  • S: (adj) eccentricnonconcentric (not having a common center; not concentric) "eccentric circles"
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