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Sunday, April 11, 2021

B E D S . . . in art

      
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Michael Sowa, a bedroom spider while they sleep
Michael Sowa
      
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Ivar Arosenius, an awkward bedroom scene
an Ivar Arosenius illustration from an old children's book        
see full size
       
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from a 1920 German children's book, death sits upon the sleeping emperor
from a 1920 German children's book
       
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a 1927 T.M. Cleland illustration, a 1700s lady's bedroom
a T.M. Cleland illustration,  1927
       
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a Paul Coker cartoon for MAD Magazine, screaming children awaken parents
a Paul Coker cartoon for MAD Magazine
       
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a 1953 children's circus-themed bedroom designed by well meaning adults, a clown bedroom
a 1953 children's circus-themed bedroom,  designed by misguided adults
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Ernst Aufseeser 1915, a dreaming child
Ernst Aufseeser,  1915
       
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1971 bed sheets with loud patterns
1971 bed sheets
       
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1946 separate beds for adults with louvered glass dividers, a photograph
  1946 louvered glass
       
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1954 wallpaper for a boy's bedroom
1954 wallpaper for a boy's bedroom
       
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A. Paul Weber, a bad dream
A. Paul Weber       see full size
       
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Ivar Arosenius 1904, a princess sleeps with an ogre
Ivar Arosenius,  1904
       
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a 1951 Jean Prouvé bed design, color photograph
a 1951 Jean Prouvé design       see full size
       
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1894 glove & shoe hooks for Victorian clothing with many buttons and laces
1894 glove & shoe hooks for Victorian clothing with many buttons and laces:
polished stone handles
       
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a woman's 1931 bedroom vanity, art deco color photograph
a woman's 1931 bedroom vanity
       
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Heinrich Kley, The Engineer's Dream
Heinrich Kley     "The Engineer's Dream"
       
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a Robert Williams painting about dreams
a Robert Williams painting about dreams       see full size
       
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a bad dream from 1863 illustrated
a bad dream from 1863
       
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an urban bedroom in 1969, split level apartment bedroom
an urban bedroom in 1969
       
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women's bedroom slippers from a 1917 catalog, Japan, a color pgotograph
1917 women's slippers,  Japan       see full size
       
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1941 silver satin bed covers in a photograph
1941       see full size
       
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at the 1970 Cologne Furniture Fair, a bedroom, white sphere future
at the 1970 Cologne Furniture Fair ...  'the future',  in the late 1960s to early 1970s,
was often represented by spheres and the color white ... orange and purple gently clashed,  specifically to look unusual
       
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Brecht Evens 2016 Panther
by Belgian cartoonist Brecht Evens,  from his 2016 book 'Panther'
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Dreams - Humiliation, a 1928 illustration of a man bathing naked in a tub with an audience watching
"Dreams ... Humiliation"    1928
       
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Heinrich Lefler 1900, a woman sleeping in an ornate bed
Heinrich Lefler,  1900       see full size
       
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Gwen Raverat,  1936       see full size
       
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1964 sleep fashion, baby blue, powder blue
1964
       
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a 1948 plastic tray for breakfast in bed, post war plastics
a 1948 plastic tray for breakfast in bed ... the plastics industry 
grew tremendously after WW2
       
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Night-mare, a bad dream by George Cruikshank 1836
"Night-mare"      a bad dream by George Cruikshank,  1836
      
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