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Photograph of Princeton students after a snowball fight between freshman and sophomores, 1893.
Francis Picabia ~ Statices
Rich in imagery and enigmatic in its meaning, Statices is a captivating example of Picabia’s celebrated Transparency paintings, a series named for their simultaneous depiction of multiple transparent images in an effect of multiple-exposure photography
French Illustrator and stamp designer Edmund Dulac
Abysm of Time
(Illustration from The Tempest)
‘What sees thou else in the dark backward and abysm of time?’ -Prospero
During World War II, Josephine Baker served with the French Red Cross and was an active member of the French resistance. Using her career as a cover she carried secret messages written in invisible ink on her sheet music.
Josephine Baker at the Savoy Hotel, London, April 1945.
Yup’ik masks are expressive shamanic ritual masks made by the Yup’ik people of southwestern Alaska, and one of the most popular forms of native Alaskan art.
Yup’ik people, Complex Mask, ca. 1890–1905
Yup’ik Wolf Spirit Mask 1850-75
Russian Surrealist artist Pavel Tchelitchew
Portrait Of My Father, 1939