"Temperance or Prohibition?", Illustrations by Winsor McCay 1929

J. J. Sedelmaier writes about this interesting find in an L.A. used book store.

Here's the LINK

 

I have blogged about Winsor McCay before. He is a favorite of mine.

LINKS



R Crumb Therapy

 

 

Hey friends, here's a great interview with R Crumb

LINK

 

The Art of Amy Crehore

New! Book cover painting (by Crehore) for The Magazine's Book Project on Kickstarter

 

Just finished this painting- 14" x 18 3/8" oil on wood ©www.amycrehore.com. This was painted as a book cover for a printed book of select stories from The Magazine's first year. A mock-up version appears currently on kickstarter, but this is my final version of the painting. This is a fund raiser for the proposed book. They are also offering an almost full-size limited edition print of this as part of their fundraiser on kickstarter - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/the-magazine-the-book-year-one

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The Richard Balzer Collection

I spent the morning looking at these!

Dick Balzar collects antique magic lanterns, peepshows, shadows, transparencies, thaumatropes, phenakistascopes and other optical toys.

Go to his websites to see his collection of fantastic toys in action and to read the history.

You won't be sorry. So beautiful!

 

http://dickbalzer.tumblr.com/

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A Few Costumes

 From 1906 Femina magazine

 From 16th century carnival (above and below)

See more at Public Domain Review LINK



Two Balthus Shows in NYC

BALTHUS

Untitled, c. 1999–2000

Color Polaroid

4 x 4 inches (10.2 x 10.2 cm)

© Harumi Klossowska de Rola

 

Beautiful polaroids (late studies) by Balthus at Gagosian Gallery

and a new Balthus show at the Met for those lucky enough to be in NYC.

Judith Thurman writes for The New Yorker blog about meeting Balthus in Rome 40 years ago and also posing for his wife (who was also a painter). Interesting! LINK

I love the paintings and drawings of Balthus, as you know if you read this blog.

P.S. Picasso owned a Balthus painting

 

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Links for Picasso's Birthday (not about Picasso)

Above: "Douleur" painted in 1895 by Antoon van Welie

 

Happy Birthday Picasso!

1. New exhibition by Neo Rauch: LINK
2. Italian Man Builds Theme Park by Hand: LINK 
3. 1887 Nude Descending Staircase: LINK
4. Great Joni M. documentary: LINK
5. Watch Tarkovsky films free: LINK
6. Sad Boyfriends Modeling Etsy Creations by Girlfriends: LINK
7. The Most Fascinating Humans of New York: LINK 
8. Kim Deitch interview podcast on Boingboing: LINK 
9. Peter Bagge's Woman Rebel, The Margaret Sanger Story: review LINK
10. The Magazine will have some stories featured on Boingboing.