Tree-covered mountain with a few small buildings at its base and a field in front. Title: 1152 Nescope's Mountain [Nescopek Mountain?]. Text on left: C.W. Woodward, Rochester, N.Y. Text on right: Catawissa Creek Scenery, Penn'a.
"This is the painting Dali took to show Freud in London. It belonged formerly to Edward James." (Caption); "At Zürs […] Dali embarked on a new experiment: the composition, in French, of a 'paranoaic' poem, The Myth of Narcissus,...
Street railroads; Railroad employees; Men; Beer gardens; Beer
Trolley number 270, Fourth Avenue, Main St. to Central Park written on the sides; uniformed employees stand near front of streetcar, while four men stand on tracks, one drinking from a bucket. Handwritten on bottom edge of mounted print:...
Exhibition buildings; Buildings; World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (1884-1885 : New Orleans, La.); Flags; California
Large room with multiple exhibit spaces across the floor. A man stands near the front. Two American flags hang from the ceiling. Title: 242. The Old Flag Cal'a [California] Section, G & S. Building. Stamp: Wilson Copyright 1885. Text on left:...
"Durham's symbolic recoding of the imagery of modern America in the terms of its native Indians is interesting in relation to Joseph Beuys's use of Indian iconography for purposes of symbolic retribution. As a modernist, Beuys assumed his work...
Minstrels; Violins; Stone walls; Men; Dogs; Tramps
Portrait of a man and his dog next to a vine-covered stone wall. The bearded man wears ragged striped tuxedo pants, a tuxedo jacket with tails and a top hat. He carefully holds a fiddle and bow in his arms. The man is Jim Felton, a wandering...
"As in certain paintings by Francis Bacon, existential givens were made stubbornly palpable in Guston's pictures. Recurrent images such as a head with a single wide-open eye, wrist-watches, bare light-bulbs, or cigarette butts spoke of bouts...
Paintings; Mixed media; Women; Nudes; Beauty; Aesthetics; Body image; Human body; Body parts
Corps de Dames series, 1950; "Child art, which had been a major source of interest for early twentieth-century modernists such as Joan Miró or Paul Klee, was a source here. This was annexed to an adult desire to recover primordial fantasies...
Address: 312 E. Walnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Three "1/2 ton cap." trucks are shown here in front of the American Dye Works building. Each truck includes a sign reading, "American Dye Works, F. Edmond Klein, Prop., 'A Personal...
"This great painting was later renamed, with fitting opportunism, The Premonition of Civil War." (Caption); "The events of October 1934, and his scare in Barcelona, seem to have convinced Dali that civil war was a real possibility in...
By "various hands." (Lucie-Smith, p.448). The following information is from the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles: THE MURALS OF ESTRADA COURTS web page (http://www.lamurals.org/MuralFiles/ELA/EstradaCourts.html), accessed February 1,...
Map of Kentucky, bordered by Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia and Tennessee, shows rivers, large creeks, counties, major roads, cities and towns. Counties and frame are hand colored. Printed below map frame, "Published by A. Finley,...
Map of Kentucky, bordered by Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia and Tennessee, shows rivers, large creeks, counties, major roads, cities and towns. Counties are hand colored. Printed below map frame, "Published by A. Finley, Philad'a." and...
Map of Kentucky, bordered by Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, and Tennessee, shows rivers, large creeks, counties, major roads, cities, and towns. Counties and frame are hand colored. Printed below map frame, "Published by A. Finley,...
"The outstanding preserved example of early Sumerian temple architecture is the 5,000-year-old White Temple at Uruk, the home of Gilgamesh. Usually only the foundations of early Mesopotamian temples can still be recognized. The White Temple is...
Architecture; Buildings; Temples; Religious facilities; Walls; Drawings; Reconstructions; Architectural drawings
Reconstruction drawing (after S.E. Piggott). "The outstanding preserved example of early Sumerian temple architecture is the 5,000-year-old White Temple at Uruk, the home of Gilgamesh. Usually only the foundations of early Mesopotamian temples...
Jean Thomas, wearing a coat and tam and clutching her 'Gold Coast' briefcase from Africa, stands outside by the gate of the brick fence at her 'Wee House in the Wood' property in Ashland, Kentucky. The briefcase had been a gift from former employer...
Jean Thomas holds and examines a sculpture of an oarsman. She is standing outside her 'Wee House in the Wood' in Ashland, Kentucky, wearing a polka dot dress and pearls. On her arm is an African briefcase with an inlaid pattern. The briefcase had...
Location: 800 block of Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. "Broadway looking West from a point about 100 ft. east of Shelby" was written on the invoice indicating that this photograph was likely taken for insurance purposes. On a rainy day...
