"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...
Sculpture; Photographs; Mixed media; Allusions; Symbols; Hair; Body parts; Animals
"In the decade before her premature death in 1996, Chadwick developed an iconography which has links with the thought of Georges Bataille […] In Nostalgie de la Boue (1990) two rounded cibachrome transparencies were hung one above the other....
"One of Dali's finest paintings from the 1940s." (Caption); "My Wife, Nude, Contemplating Her Own Body Transformed into Steps, the Three Vertebrae of a Column, Sky and Architecture, on the other hand, was one of the finest, and most...
Sculpture; Electric signs; Electric lighting; Lighting; Lamps; Light bulbs; Names; Artists' signatures; Language; Anamorphic images
"This relates to another work of 1968, My Name As Though It Were Written on the Surface of the Moon, also in neon. The latter, slightly more legibly, reads: 'bbbbbbrrrrrruuuuuucccccceeeeee'. It has been suggested that it may have been a...
A snow-covered house seen through a gold "window." There is snow on the ground, on the leafless trees beside the house, and on the top and "sill" of the gold window. Two people stand facing the house. Holly with berries...
Although not identified, this young girl probably represents the milkmaid in the nursery rhyme, "Where Are You Going My Pretty Maid?" In the rhyme, she responds," I'm going a-milking sir." Title supplied by cataloger.
Boy and girl in "Dutch" costume framed in a white heart. The girl is knitting and the boy holds her ball of yarn. The boy wears wooden shoes. The card is also decorated with blue flowers. Printing information dates this card to before the...
Boy holds heart on pulley. He stands in a ring of blue flowers with other hearts suspended from ropes. There is a rhyme printed on the front of the card: "Farewell care, and farewell woe; I will no longer pine; for I believe I have her heart...
Boy standing in pond or lake with toy sail boat. The bottom of the boat is a red heart. The top of the card is decorated with roses. Published by Whitney. Postmarked 1916 on verso.
Caricature Dutch girl sits on a bench next to a black cat. She is framed by a heart of blue flowers that is pierced by a golden arrow. Postmarked 1915 on verso.
Character portrait of actor Eugene O'Rourke in costume for the role of Teddy in "My Geraldine." He wears a sideways cap, corduroy suit jacket and vest, and striped bow tie. His inscription indicates a jolly camaraderie with...
Cupid (possibly female) holding a bouquet of pink roses decorated with a pink ribbon. Cupid stands against a red heart background. Postmarked 1912 on verso. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons as part of the Cupids Valentine postcards series, no....
Full-length character portrait of actress Fanny Addison Pitt in costume for the role of Mrs. Chichester in "Peg O' My Heart." She stands next to a desk, holding a letter and wearing a long black dress with white bodice and cap. Born circa...
Heart framing small bouquet of blue and pink flowers. The heart lays on a golden ribbon decorated with violets. Printing information dates this card to before the first World War.
