Saturday, August 21, 2010

flowers over everything

clipping (popular mechanics), date unknown
"Grillwork of 10,000 metal flowers covers the sides and all the windows of a six-story building in downtown tokyo."

Friday, August 20, 2010

occult sale

found at a recent garage sale, along with this.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Man of Visions

Howard Finster: Man of Visions, Peachtree Publishers, Atlanta, 1989

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

ST.

The Labyrinth by Saul Steinberg, Harper & Brothers, NY, 1960

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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from Basic Computer Games by David H. Ahl, Workman Publishing Co., 1978

Monday, August 16, 2010

Early Cape Dorset Drawings

Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings, Jean Blodgett and Susan Gustavison, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinberg, Ontario, 1993 (Joe Jaw: Winged Creature with Spirit, 1961/Tumira Ashoona: Spirits, 1962/Kunu: Man, Bird-Woman and Child, 1960/Netsiapik: Man and Animals, 1961/Sorosoluto Onalik: Drawing and Doodling, 1959-1960/Mary Qayuaryuk: Winged Creature, 1960 and Sea Creatures, 1961/Sakiassie Ragee: Female Creature and Totem Pole, 1959-1960/Sheouak: Sea Godess and Beast, 1960)

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Francis & Sol

The Prophet [Francis Alÿs] with a gouache by Sol LeWitt, Eldridge, N.Y., December 2001
from Francis Alÿs: The Prophet and the Fly, Catherine Lampert, Turner, Madrid, 2003

Friday, August 13, 2010

Credit/No Credit/Marginal Credit

















Children's Drawings as Measures of Intellectual Maturity by Dale Harris, Pennsylvania State University, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963 (A Revision and Extension of the Goodenough Draw-a-Man Test) (above images are cropped details from The Requirements for Scoring the Draw-a-Woman Scale)

(This is a withdrawn copy from the Educational Child Study Center at Kent State University, Ohio)

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Miro: Ninety Years

Miró: Ninety Years by Francesc Catala-Roca (text by Lluis Permanyer), The Wellfleet Press, NJ, 1989

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Inukjuak/Match Holders

Match holders 1949-1952, artists unknown
from Early Masters: Inuit Sculpture 1949-1955 by Darlene Coward Wight, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2006

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

1/2 gentlemen / not beasts

Untitled book included with the 3LP box set 1/2 GENTLEMEN/NOT BEASTS by Half Japanese, Armageddon Records, 1980. (some copies came with a comic called Becky The Monkey)