"As an African-American who is able to pass as 'white', Piper has written eloquently of the social and institutional prejudices that surface when she divulges her racially mixed identity. In a text entitled 'Flying' of 1987 she wrote: 'I am...
"Artaud's late drawings have been a comparatively recent discovery. His poetry and writings on the theatre were better known previously. In the latter respect, his notions of catharsis had a decisive impact on the Body Art of the 1970s. After...
“The Erechtheum seen from the west, as it might have appeared at the beginning of the fourth century BC. A sacrificial procession with a lamb for the sacrifice is approaching the sanctuary of Athena Polias.” (p.77); "[...] in 420 BC the...
Caption information: Kniender weiblicher Akt in gekauerter Stellung [Kneeling female nude in crouching position] / um 1917 [c. 1917]/ Studie zu “Leda” [Study of “Leda”] / Bleistift [pencil] / u. r.: Nachlassstempel [lower right: estate...
Caption information: Damenbildnis mit Kappe, von vorn [Portrait of a Lady with a cap, from the front] / um 1917 [c. 1917]/ Bleistift [pencil] / u. l.: Nachlassstempel [lower left: estate stamp] / Nationalgalerie Prag [National Gallery, Prague].
Caption information: Bildnis einer Dame mit entblosstem Oberkorper [Portrait of a Lady with bare torso (upper part of the body)] / 1907/08 / Bleistift, blauer und roter Farbstift [pencil, blue and red crayon/color pencil] [Note: “farbstift”...
Caption information: Schwangere Frau nach links [Pregnant woman facing left (seen from the left)] / um 1908 [c. 1908] / Bleistift, roter und blauer Farbstift [pencil, red and blue crayon/color pencil] [Note: “farbstift” translates as “color...
Caption information: Liegender Frauenakt [Reclining female nude]/ um 1912 [c. 1912] / Bleistift, weiss gehoht [pencil with white chalk (white highlight; heightened with white)] / sig.: u. r. Gustav Klimt [signature (signed): Lower right: Gustav...
Caption information: Liegender Halbakt nach rechts [Reclining half-nude facing right] / um 1907 [c. 1907] / blauer und roter Farbstift [blue and red crayon; color pencil] [Note: “farbstift” translates as “color pencil” (Amer.); “crayon”...
Caption information: Liegender Halbakt nach rechts mit aufgestelltem rechten Bein [Reclining half-nude (seen from the right) with the right leg raised (drawn up)] / um 1914 [c. 1914] / roter Farbstift [red crayon; color pencil] [Note:...
Caption information: Liegender Halbakt mit Strumpfen [Reclining half-nude with stockings] / um 1910 [c. 1910] / Bleistift [pencil] / u. r.: Nachlassstempel [lower right: estate stamp] / Sammlung E. Wuthenow, Madrid [collection of E. Wuthenow,...