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Monday, September 1, 2025

LIFE by different artists, part 2

1952 rush hour illustration
    
L I F E
    
Shaina McCoy art, a young black girl
Shaina McCoy art       see full size
    
L I F E
    
1908 debt illustration, McKay?
"Debt"  1908       see full size
    
L I F E
    
a candy seller by Frank Brangwyn, 1914
a candy seller by Frank Brangwyn, 1914
    
L I F E
    
Heinrich Zille 1904, mother and child in doorway
Heinrich Zille, 1904       see full size
    
L I F E
    
a Robert Weaver illustration of police arresting a man
a Robert Weaver illustration
    
L I F E
    
an 1850 poverty hotel illustration
an 1850 poverty hotel       see full size
    
L I F E
    
1500s German law prescribed castration for the crime of adultery, color illustration
1500s German law prescribed castration for the crime of adultery
see full size
    
L I F E
    
Charles Rodrigues cartoon about winos or derelicts
a Charles Rodrigues cartoon    "Do you feel okay?"   "Yes, why?"
"Your face, it's greenish"   "It IS ..."
    
L I F E
    
an Anton Pieck illustration of the old Netherlands, skating on the canals
an Anton Pieck illustration of the old Netherlands
see full size 
    
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R. Crumb & Aline Kominski 1974 Dirty Laundry
"
Dirty Laundry"  by R. Crumb & Aline Kominski,  1974
    
L I F E
    
Crime and street photographer Weegee, 1953
Crime and street photographer Weegee,  1953       see full size
    
L I F E
    
René Georges Hermann-Paul 1895 color
René Georges Hermann-Paul,
  1895       see full size
    
L I F E
    
Alfred Kubin art, wild woman on a path
Alfred Kubin art
    
L I F E
    
Alfred Kubin art, an unhappy man adrift in a troubled sea
Alfred Kubin art       see full size
    
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1993 UK Slag of the month! from a comedy publication
1993 UK  "Slag of the month!"   from a comedy publication
    
L I F E
    
Fritz Eichenberg art, The Adventurous Simplicissimus
Fritz Eichenberg art       see full size
"Whatever I learned gave me troubles galore - and of joy very little"
    
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a John Huehnergarth illustration for 1970 Newsweek, Is Privacy Dead?
"Is Privacy Dead?"   a John Huehnergarth illustration for 1970 Newsweek
    
L I F E
    
King Kong by Jack Davis 1967
King Kong by Jack Davis, 1967       see full size
    
L I F E
    
a Fritz Erler illustration of newlweds walking past good and evil things in life
a Fritz Erler illustration       see full size
    
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Stefan Żechowski 1957 art, Jesus and humanity
Stefan Żechowski 1957 art
    
L I F E
    
Theophile Alexandre Steinlen, a mob beating a man
Theophile Alexandre Steinlen       see full size
    
L I F E
    
a Jessie Willcox Smith illustration of a daring young girl
 a Jessie Willcox Smith illustration       see full size
    
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Hinko Smrekar art, black plague
Hinko Smrekar art ... perfume was ineffective on 
the black plague
    
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Henri Barthélemy Le Compte Morin Depute, plagued by children
a Henri Barthélemy illustration for "Le Compte Morin, Depute"
see full size 
    
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a Eugène Grasset 1897 illustration of a woman injecting opiods
a Eugène Grasset 1897 illustration       see full size
    
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Pushwagner art, the cycle of life
Pushwagner art
    
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Edwin Landseer art 1800s, a stag in the mountains
Edwin Landseer art, 1800s       see full size
    
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Heinrich Zille art, suicide of mother and her children
Heinrich Zille art,
  suicide
    
L I F E
    
a Weirdo Magazine cover by Robert Crumb
a Weirdo Magazine cover by Robert Crumb
     

Friday, August 1, 2025

SITTING by different artists, part 3

Patty Carroll art, a seated woman entirely draped in red
Patty Carroll art  (a detail)
                
S I T T I N G
                                  
Edward Gorey L is for Leo
"L is for Leo who swallowed some tacks"    Edward Gorey
see full size
                     
S I T T I N G
                              
a Thomas Fluharty dog caricature, Great Dane
a Thomas Fluharty dog caricature
                
S I T T I N G
                                     
a Jason Seiler caricature of Arnold Schwartzeneger
a Jason Seiler
caricature of Arnold Schwartzeneger       see full size
                 
S I T T I N G
                                
Ronald Searle cat
a Ronald Searle cat       see full size
                           
S I T T I N G
                                   
Fritz Erler 1907 art
Fritz Erler art,
  1907
                         
S I T T I N G
                                
a 1944 Boeing Stratocruiser interior
"Featuring the Boeing Stratocruiser"
  1944      see full size
                          
S I T T I N G
                                  
Art Young teenage morals cartoon
"Mother!
  When you were a girl, didn't you find it a bore to be a virgin?"
an old Art Young cartoon       see full size
                   
S I T T I N G
                              
a Jon McNaught illustration for the London Review Of Books
a Jon McNaught illustration for the London Review Of Books
                             
S I T T I N G
                           
Brecht-Vandenbroucke art
Brecht-Vandenbroucke art       see full size
                          
S I T T I N G
                                  
a Charles Bragg illustration of an old couple
a Charles Bragg illustration       see full size
                         
S I T T I N G
                                
Robert Fawcett art
Robert Fawcett art       see full size
                         
S I T T I N G
                              
Derek Hirst art 1966, a broken chair with springs
Derek Hirst art,
  1966       see full size
                
S I T T I N G
                                     
an Andrey Sokolov illustration, psychedelic
an Andrey Sokolov illustration       see full size
                 
S I T T I N G
                                  
a John Cuneo illustration, an accomplished dog seated with drink
a John Cuneo illustration
                   
S I T T I N G
                                                 
John Cuneo illustration
John Cuneo       see full size
     
S I T T I N G
                                    
1901 group hypnotism
1901 group hypnotism       see full size
                 
S I T T I N G
                                     
a 1904 illustration of sex workers for Simplicissimus magazine
a 1904 illustration of sex workers for
Simplicissimus magazine
                 
S I T T I N G
                                  
1910 sex workers    "All the fresh air these poor slaves get ... where
they are watched by colored attendants"       see full size
                        
S I T T I N G
                                      
Roy Lichtenstein art, a living room interior
Roy Lichtenstein art       see full size
                
S I T T I N G
                              
a Henry Martin office cartoon
"Let me just make a little note of that.
  I never seem to get anything done around here
unless I make little notes"    a Henry Martin cartoon
                      
S I T T I N G
                              
a Nick Brandt photograph of a seated man underwater
a Nick Brandt photograph       see full size
                
S I T T I N G
                                
Nick Brandt photograph underwater seated man
Nick Brandt       see full size
                 
S I T T I N G
                                
1930s lesbian Club le Monocle
1930s lesbian Club le Monocle
                         
S I T T I N G
                                   
Ronald Searle.jpg
Ronald Searle       see full size
                         
S I T T I N G
                                  
Hinko Smrekar art 1915
Hinko Smrekar,
  1915       see full size
               
S I T T I N G
                                     
Chon Day cartoon 1946, angry shoe salesman
a
cartoon by Chon Day,  1946
                 
S I T T I N G
                              
Flore Gardner art
Flore Gardner art
       see full size
                
S I T T I N G
                              
a Frank Herfort photograph Moscow
a Frank Herfort
photograph,  Moscow
                 
S I T T I N G
                              
Ronald Searle home couple
Ronald Searle