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Saturday, 31 May 2014
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Construction of the Tower of Babel, 1563
by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Oil on panel
Friday, 30 May 2014
Marlene Dietrich
The actress
Marlene Dietrich
, 1927
Photo: Atelier Benda, d’Ora
Silver gelatin print
Thursday, 29 May 2014
London Transport Posters
Speed, 1930
Poster Art by Alan Rogers
For the Zoo, 1921
Poster Art by Charles Paine
To Hire a Bus or Coach, 1930s
Poster Art by Andrew Power
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Einar Erici
Mr and Mrs Lööw, Crofter, 1930s
Fredhäll, Uppland, Sweden
Photo: Einar Erici
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
West London
Densely-packed housing, Kensal Rise,
west London, England, March 1921
Photo: English Heritage
Monday, 26 May 2014
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp
at home at the age of 75
August 9, 1923
Photo: Josephine Earp
Sunday, 25 May 2014
Sofonisba Anguissola
The Chess Game (Portrait of the artist's sisters playing chess), 1555
by Sofonisba Anguissola
Oil on canvas
Saturday, 24 May 2014
Sofonisba Anguissola
Sofonisba Anguissola, Self-portrait at the easel, 1556
Italian Renaissance painter born in Cremona, Italy
Oil on canvas
Friday, 23 May 2014
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs, 1992
Recording at Red House Studios
Photo: Jon Blumb
www.burroughs100.com
Thursday, 22 May 2014
Do Not Bend
Bucharest, Romania, January 13, 2014
worldwidecovers.wordpress.com
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Lilly Strik
Actress Lilly Strik
Photo: F. Hassel, Prague
Tuesday, 20 May 2014
Otto Dix
Shock Troops Advance under Gas, 1924
by Otto Dix
Etching, aquatint, and drypoint
Monday, 19 May 2014
Wedding Party
Wedding Party, 1870s or 1880s
Groh & Bro. Photographic studio, Wisconsin
Sunday, 18 May 2014
Francis Bacon
Two Figures with a Monkey, 1973
by Francis Bacon
Oil on canvas
Francis Bacon, 1983
Photo: David Bailey
Saturday, 17 May 2014
Rossetti's Muse
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1863
Photo: Lewis Carroll
Jane Morris, ca.1879
Dante Gabriel Rossetti's chief muse
Photo: R. Faulkner & Co
La Donna della Finestra, 1879
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Oil on canvas
Friday, 16 May 2014
Kassa, Hungary
Family Portrait, ca.1900
Kassa, Hungary
(Now Košice, Slovakia)
Photo: Podleszny András
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Sue Ford
'Good Hair Day' Sue Pike, 1963
Photo: Sue Ford
Gelatin silver print
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Dame Elisabeth Frink
Goggle Head, 1969
by Dame Elisabeth Frink
Bronze
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
E. M. Phillips
Two little girls, (Sisters) 1890's
Fairbury, Illinois
Photo: E. M. Phillips
Monday, 12 May 2014
Carter Goodrich
The New Yorker, 2000
Cover Art by Carter Goodrich
Sunday, 11 May 2014
Werner Bischof
Buddha on the hill of the Seven Sages,
Kyoto, Japan, 1951-52
Photo: Werner Bischof
Saturday, 10 May 2014
Crack Machine
Crack Machine, 2014
Collage by Rigadoon
Friday, 9 May 2014
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Grain Elevator, 2006
Morgangis, Épernay, France
Photo: Bernd and Hilla Becher
Gelatin silver print
Thursday, 8 May 2014
Henry King
George Street, near Hunter Street, ca.1900
Sydney, Australia
Photo: Henry King
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Opium Smoker
Chinaman Smoking Opium
Stamped at Russian Post Office in Peking, China, 1908
CTO stamp on a coloured postcard
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
August Sander
Turkish Mousetrap Salesman, 1924-30
Photo: August Sander
Monday, 5 May 2014
William Butler Yeats & Georgie Hyde-Lees
William Butler Yeats
Irish playwright and poet with his wife, Georgie Hyde-Lees,
during visit to the U.S. in the late 1920s.
Photo: Bettmann/CORBIS
Sunday, 4 May 2014
Helen Levitt
New York, 1972
Photo: Helen Levitt
Saturday, 3 May 2014
Algiers
Cathedral & Governor's Palace
Algiers, Algeria, Ca.1908
Coloured Postcard
Friday, 2 May 2014
Eugène Atget
Nôtre Dame, Paris, 1922
Photo: Eugène Atget
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Thursday, 1 May 2014
Carleton Watkins
Flour and Woolen Mills, Oregon City, 1867
Photo: Carleton Watkins
Albumen print
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