Sit down, please

by Germaine Hagemans

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A handy hint

for all those who love unusual children’s books. Created in 1947 by  the Polish avant- garde artist Franciszka Themerson, this masterstroke is still available at the Tate Gallery.

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Sakura, sakura

the cherry blossom …
This time in a harm- less, domesticated form …
Photographed by FURANKU whose pictures of Japan are simply tobikkiri …

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"The little sleeveless one"

Mystic eye, a paper dress, created in 1968 by Harry Gordon.
Found at the FIDM Museum & Galleries

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My look is attainable

My look is attainable. Women can look like Audrey Hepburn by flipping out their hair, buying the large sun- glasses, and the little sleeveless dresses.
AUDREY HEPBURN
Photo: Penélope Cruz in Los abrazos rotos

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Miss Gorightry!

Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s

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Conclusion personnelle

… je suis arrivé à la conclusion person- nelle que bien que tous les artistes ne soient pas des joueurs d’échecs, tous les joueurs d’échecs sont des artistes.
… I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.
MARCEL DUCHAMP

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La Ciraffe

Georges–Louis Leclerc de Buffon, Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, 1776
I can’t stop wondering about the regularity of those bristles …

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Condamnatus ad leones

by Violeta Lópiz

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Surprisingly modern

Zarafa drawn by Théodore Chaussé- riau, whose Tepida- rium à Pompéi can be admired in the Louvre.

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