Literature, Art, and a 64 degree Wedge.
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@JohnConstableRA
John Singer Sargent. Not a portrait, and done in watercolor. Isn’t it fabulous?
Sir John Lavery - National Portrait Gallery npg.org.uk/collections/searc…
@JohnConstableRA Thought you might enjoy this. I am not a huge fan of O’Keefe’s, but this is very evocative of both snow and New Mexico. christies.com/en/lot/lot-616…
Great moment in listening to duets: Louis Armstrong, “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” singing “The way you sing off key..” to Ella Fitzgerald.
The chair not the price. xitter.cf/sothebys/status/999412…
#AuctionUpdate One half of the iconic design duo, Claude Lalanne's "Crocodile" Armchair from 2005 fetches $735,000 in #NYC
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In eighteenth-century dress, the torso was encased by layers of quilted linen and boning that constitute an exaggerated exoskeleton. Learn more about this Robe à l'Anglaise and French style: met.org/2pS9Nfn
@SebastianSmee @ICAinBOSTON Reminiscent of stick charts from the Marshall Islands, at least from this angle.
@SebastianSmee @Guggenheim The shape of her head alone tells you it's Manet. So distinctive.
@StephanieFeagan @heughan @Laphroaig Honey, we just call it lap-rug. Easier & mildly descriptive. #FortWorth
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Gorgeous 1521 map of Crimea by Turkish cartographer Piri Reis willigula.tumblr.com/post/78…
