"Polke's work frequently juxtaposes images wrenched from different periods of history. At the bottom left he makes use of a collage by the early twentieth-century Surrealist Max Ernst, whilst the central image derives from a satirical etching...
Naomi Fernow of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a Civil War gown. The photograph has spots of discoloration. Attached to the back of image is original newspaper article: "Spirit Of '96'" At Alumnae Reunion; "Old grads" of the...
Portrait of Robert L. McDevitt of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing his hair parted down the center and a printed bow tie. Crop marks outline his face, and the photograph is marred with discolorations from age. Handwritten on back of image: Boys' High...