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Sunday, August 28, 2022

DISK SHAPES . . . by different artists

a 1966 Canadian penny, weathered metal, copper
a long travelled 1966 Canadian penny
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
1953 retro-future Canada, Canada builds flying saucer
them again ...  "Canada Builds Flying Saucer"   1953
click image twice for full size
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
the giant Ferris Wheel at the1893 Chicago World's Fair
the giant
Ferris Wheel at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
       1962 Alka-Seltzer packaging ... disks in a tube in a box
1962
disks in a tube in a box ... effervescent analgesic alkalizing tablets
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
an 1893 Zoopraxiscope animation disk by motion scientist Eardweard Muybridge
an 1893 Zoopraxiscope animation disk by motion scientist Eardweard Muybridge
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
a 1936 giant mirror in a sophisticated interior home
a 1936 mirror
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
a woman's dress trim 1890? Yellow and blue primary colors
a woman's dress trim,  1890?       click twice
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
       
a Bob Peak illustration of a hockey slapshot
a Bob Peak illustration
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
Soviet architecture
Soviet architecture       click twice
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
Donald Brun 1955 design for Bell meats
Donald Brun 1955 design
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
1970 acrylic pressure tests, a photograph
1970 acrylic window pressure tests
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
the 1955 GM Powerama exhibit
shade for a concept car at 1955 General Motors Powerama       click twice
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
       
a 1901 music machine with large metal disks, Regina Corona
a 1901 music machine ... since the music was live and not recorded,  the sound was beautiful
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
a 1901 music machine disk case
a 1901 music machine disk case
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
1960s Rowntree's Smarties candy covered chocolates, 10 cents just like the comic books of the time
1960s 'Smarties' candy covered
chocolates
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
1954 ornamental art plate in blue
a 1954 ceramic plate       click twice
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
a 1910 Influence Machine, a teaching aid that generated static electricity
a 1910  "Influence Machine" ... a teaching aid that generated static electricity
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
a Bob Jones illustration, to please a piggy bank
"to please a piggy bank"     a Bob Jones illustration
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
a 1965 cigarette machine photograph
disks can buy a box of tubes from a 1965 cigarette machine
click twice
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
a ceramic plate by children's book illustrator Lois Lenski
a ceramic plate by children's book illustrator Lois Lenski

    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
1975 cookie faces
1975 cookie faces
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
Heinz Mack 1963 art glass
Heinz Mack 1963 art glass
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
       
an Eva Lewitt 2020 resin art installation
discs in a
resin art rectangle by Eva Lewitt,  2020        click twice
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
a Chesley Bonestell galaxy
a Chesley Bonestell galaxy
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
Old Japan Ornamental  ceramic Plate
a ceramic plate from old Japan       click twice
    
D I S K   S H A P E S
      
fruit facial treatments
fruit slices
    

Sunday, August 21, 2022

S M I L E S . . . by different artists, part 4

a Dennis Wheeler 1969 poster for Chase Manhatten Christmas Club in pink
a Dennis Wheeler 1969 poster for Chase Manhatten Bank
      
S M I L E S
         
a Thomas Fluharty caricature of Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster
a Thomas Fluharty caricature click image twice
for full size
      
S M I L E S
            
an Adolf Hengeler 1927 drawing of an odd man smiling
an Adolf Hengeler 1927 drawing
      
S M I L E S
             
a magazine advertisement for the 1970 Dodge Charger
a magazine advertisement for the 1970 Dodge Charger       click twice
      
S M I L E S
            
an Armand Vallée illustration of a couple entering a high society party and being announced
an Armand Vallée illustration
      
S M I L E S
            
Fritz Erler 1899 art, a powerful woman
Fritz Erler 1899 art       click twice
      
S M I L E S
             
Fritz Erler 1899 art detail of a powerful woman
Fritz Erler,  a detail       click twice
      
S M I L E S
            
a Jupp Wiertz illustration for Pennsylvania Railroad New York, a view from the top of a skyscraper
a Jupp Wiertz rail travel poster illustration
      
S M I L E S
            
a Bill Campbell illustration for Weird-Ohs assembly models, Spiker The Biker
a
1960s Bill Campbell illustration for "Weird-Ohs" assemble & paint models 
click twice
      
S M I L E S
             
Andy Warhol art, Elenor Roosevelt, Not Ugly Enough
 Andy Warhol art     "Not ugly enough,  not silly enough,  not sexy enough,
not useless enough,  not silent enough"
      
S M I L E S
            
a René Georges Hermann-Paul illustration of a sex worker
"Three francs ... totally naked"     René Georges Hermann-Paul
      
S M I L E S
           
Chuck Close art
 Chuck Close art       click twice
      
S M I L E S
            
a Ronald Searle drawing of sad dull people becoming bright and happy after visiting a clothing store
 
a Ronald Searle drawing       click twice
     
S M I L E S
            
a crime photograph by Weegee (Arthur Fellig) of a 1939 police raid on an LGBT nightclub
a photograph by Weegee (Arthur Fellig) of a 1939 police raid on an LGBT nightclub

      
S M I L E S
             
an Ellis Rosen 2019 cartoon about men sharing housework, New Yorker Cartoon
"Ned helped out"     an Ellis Rosen 2019 cartoon
      
S M I L E S
           
a 1971 Hair Dryer advertisement with a smiling young woman
1971
      
S M I L E S
            
a Noel Fontanet poster for Lora
a Noel Fontanet poster for  "Lora, the vitamin cooking fat"
     
S M I L E S
            
Karl Alexander Wilke, crowds worship a naked woman
Karl Alexander Wilke       click twice
      
S M I L E S
            
a National Lampoon illustration of a guide book to hell for tourists
a National Lampoon illustration of a guide book to hell for tourists
      
S M I L E S
             
a Jason Seiler caricature of 1980s USA president Ronald Reagan
a Jason Seiler caricature of 1980s USA president Reagan
click twice
      
S M I L E S
            
a Jason Seiler caricature of Hillary Clinton
a Jason Seiler caricature of Hillary Clinton       click twice
      
S M I L E S
            
Ringo Starr as a boy, a photograph
Ringo Starr as a boy
      
S M I L E S
             
Fritz Erler art, a woman hunter with her dog
Fritz Erler       click twice
      
S M I L E S
            
George Cruikshank 1842 cartoon illustration of a smiling demon at night in a marsh
George Cruikshank       click  twice
      
S M I L E S
            
Jean Gabriel Domergue, a pretty pin up of a black woman
Jean Gabriel Domergue       click twice
      
S M I L E S
             
William Mortensen 1930s pictorialism, an odd man smiling
a William Mortensen 1930s pictorialism photograph
      
S M I L E S
             
a Robert McGinnis 1964 illustration
a Robert McGinnis 1964 illustration
      
S M I L E S
            
Thomas Rowlinson The lustful rake
"The lustful rake"    Thomas Rowlinson       click twice
      
S M I L E S
            
a Sebastian Kruger caricature of Jack Nicholson in The Shining
a Sebastian Kruger caricature of Jack Nicholson in 'The Shining'
      
S M I L E S
            
Robert Williams for Zap Comix Last Gasp, dare to moon the devil
Robert Williams for Zap Comix  "dare to moon the devil"