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Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)
Dimitris Yeros, Louise Bourgeois, New York, 2009 David Seidner, Louise Bourgeois, 1992 David Seidner, Louise Bourgeois, contact sheet, 1992 Louise Bourgeois With all its contents, the studio that...
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Focus on Fashion: Coco Chanel
Horst P. Horst, Coco Chanel, Paris, 1937 David Seidner, Tina Chow/Chanel, 1984 David Seidner, Betty Lago, Chanel, 1985 Coco Chanel was one of the world’s top couturiers. From the founding of the House...
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Distortion and Beauty
André Kertész, Underwater Swimming, August 31, 1917 David Seidner, Rosima, ca. 1985 Weegee, [Woman (distortion)], ca. 1946-48/ca. 1955 According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of distortion is as...
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“Goodness and generosity personified… All you have to do is change your mind.”
The large loft on West 18th Street that John Cage shared with Merce Cunningham was a simple, sunny, skylit living-working studio. It was divided into a sleeping area, a working space with a desk right...
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Warm and glossy sky-blue glaze…
It was a visit to the “Ju Ware from the Northern Sung Dynasty” exhibition, (and the Painting and Calligraphy of the Northern Sung, and Sung Dynasty Rare Books exhibitions), at the National Palace...
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Cy Twombly: Photographs and Text by David Seidner
Cy Twombly’s studio is in Lexington, Virginia, his original hometown. Though he now commutes between Lexington and Rome, and has spent a good deal of his life in Italy, he has never lost the drawl of...
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Focus on Fashion: Hats
Seeberger Frères, [Two Unidentified Women, Deauville, France], August 18, 1912 Alfred Eisenstaedt, Janet MacLeod wearing a black-eyed veil attached to a hat by Lilly Daché, New York City, 1937 LIFE,...
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Focus on Fashion: Coats
David Seidner, [Yves Saint Laurent], 1983 (2007.63.7) Louise Dahl-Wolf, Natalie in Grès coat, Kairouan, 1950 (82.1982) Alfred Eisenstaedt, A New York vacationer in Miami Beach, 1940 (331.1989) Martin...
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Focus on Fashion: Footwear
Edward Steichen, [Shoes], 1930 (698.2000) David Seidner, Martial & Armand, 1990 (2007.69.4) Ferenc Berko, Woman’s Legs, Brookfield Zoo, October 1950 (595.1993) Elliott Erwitt, New York City, 1974...
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Better Dressed Than Barbie
Balenciaga, Schiaparelli, Nina Ricci, and Hermès are all names associated with French high fashion, but in 1944, each designer tried their hand at outfitting a much smaller client–a miniature wire...
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Boys’ Room
Tina Barney, The Son, 1987 (2.1998.a) Gregory Crewdson, Untitled, 1998 (9.2001) Gran Fury, Read My Lips (boys), 1988 (1138.2000) David Seidner, [Pavlos, Prince of Greece], ca. 1994 (2007.65.13) Sheng...
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John Cage was born 102 years ago today
David Seidner, John Cage, 1977 (2007.120.19) The large loft on West 18th Street that John Cage shared with Merce Cunningham was a simple, sunny, skylight living-working studio… It was a magical day...
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Studio Visit: “Little” and “Big” Joan Mitchell
Joan Mitchell lived and worked in a suburb about an hour from Paris called Vétheuil. The house was a rambling stone structure, not grand but very comfortable. In the back was her studio, a separate...
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“And we both laughed. John laughed a lot.”
The large loft on West 18th Street that John Cage shared with Merce Cunningham was a simple, sunny, skylit living-working studio. It was divided into a sleeping area, a working space with a desk right...
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John Cage
The large loft on West 18th Street that John Cage shared with Merce Cunningham was a simple, sunny, skylit living-working studio. It was divided into a sleeping area, a working space with a desk right...
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Merce Cunningham
Barbara Morgan, Merce Cunningham – Totem Ancestor, 1942 (545.1986) (Totem Ancestor: Choreography: Merce Cunningham; Music: John Cage; Costumes: Charlotte Trowbridge) Arnold Eagle, Merce Cunningham in...
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Merce Cunningham Centennial
Barbara Morgan, Merce Cunningham – Totem Ancestor, 1942 (545.1986) Totem Ancestor: Choreography: Merce Cunningham; Music: John Cage; Costumes: Charlotte Trowbridge) Arnold Eagle, Merce Cunningham in...
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Happy Birthday John Cage
David Seidner, [John Cage and Merce Cunningham’s 18th Street loft, New York], ca. 1994 David Seidner, [John Cage and Merce Cunningham’s 18th Street loft, New York], ca. 1994 David Seidner, [John Cage...
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John Baldessari (1931-2020)
David Seidner, John Baldessari, 1991 (2007.60.7) (Platinum print) https://fansinaflashbulb.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/baldessari_john_1992_09_30_mono.mp3 John Baldessari (in conversation with Douglas...
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