Tornado in Oklahoma. Die Vereinigten Staaten, das wunder der nationen. 1902.
"The Big Dipper as it is today (left) and as it will look in 50,000 years." Dream of stars. 1940.
William Theophilus Brown (American, 1919–2012)
Luiz Zerbini - Keep Moving, 2023
Chevrolet Corvette C2 - slightly modified.
postcard c1910
I shall pass through this world but once, any good thing therefore I can do, or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now, let me not defer it or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.
Rhodomela subfusca. Sea mosses, a collector's guide and an introduction to the study of marine Algae. 1881.
Carmen Herrera Basque 1965 acrylic on canvas in hand painted artist frame 23 ½ x 19 ½ in. (59.7 x 49.5 cm)
p. 91. Practical problems in mechanical drawing and blueprint reading. 1921.
Description de l'Egypte - 1809 - via Internet Archive
Beautiful Gee’s Bend Quilt
“asymmetrical arrangements of cloth are a form of improvisation found in west and central african textiles. kongo people praised talented expressions of sound and vision with the phrase ‘veti dikita’ meaning ‘the mind plays the pattern strongly.’ improvisation (break patterning or flexible patterning) in kuba rafia cloth and painted pygmy textiles has been liked to spirit possession.
kongo scholar, fukiqu bunseki says, ‘everytime there is a break in pattern–it is the rebirth of ancestral power in you.’“
–signs and symbols; african images in african american quilts, maude southwell walhman
Sigmar Polke (German, 1941–2010), Untitled, 1993