Tuesday, July 31, 2012

A harmonious environment: a photo essay of Breuer’s St. John’s Abbey, St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota.

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top: northeast view, north elevation, view from the east and west, interior stained glass. photographs by versluis 2012 Architect  Mar...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

A Fair for all the Senses—The Century of Progress International Exposition Chicago, 1933-34

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A. Raymond  Katz  ( Sándor ), artist.  Play, See, Hear, 1934.  Image from anything could happen. In the previous post we featured an ill...
Saturday, July 21, 2012

The Black Cat Press : Chicago—A. Raymond Katz

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Love Poems of an Artists Model by Irene Browne, 1935, The Black Cat Press, Chicago. Letterpress. 4.75 inches x 6.75 inches. Introduction ...
Saturday, July 14, 2012

Navajo Double Saddle Blanket with serrated diamond pattern

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Navajo Double Saddle Blanket, c. 1920s, serrated diamond pattern in red, dark brown, cream and gray, 57 x 31. From the author’s collectio...
Sunday, July 8, 2012

Highlighting a print by John Page: elegant geometrical roof domes on barns and chicken coops

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John Page, “Chicken House”, 1984, color intaglio, 35.5” x 23.5”, Image is courtesy of Roy R. Behrens. [1] While doing research for anothe...
Friday, June 29, 2012

Jaume Plensa’s, “The Crown Fountain”: breathing neighborly life into the city and viva the façade as computer screen

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Jaume Plensa,   The Crown Fountain,   1999–2004, Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois. Photographs by versluis. Top: tandem photos indicati...
Thursday, June 21, 2012

Ed Fella: 1995 correspondence envelope

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Ed Fella—correspondence with Rick Valicenti, number 10 envelope, 1995; Ink and Prisma color.  The artwork is published with permission. ...