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| 1970 “The Clown was always the caricature of a well-established, ordered, peaceful society. But today all is temporary, disordered, grotesque. Who can still laugh at clowns? Hippies, politicians, the man in the street, all the world plays the clown, now.” -Federico Fellini
Source: Fellini, L’Arc, n°45, Aix en Provence, 1971 |
Breakfast
Monroe by Muray
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| 1952 |
Roses in a vase
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| Laure Albin-Guillot, ca. 1940 |
Commodore Perry’s expedition to Japan
Perry, Matthew Calbraith. Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy, by Order of the Government of the United States. Compiled from the Original Notes and Journals of Commodore Perry and his Officers, at his request, and under his supervision, by Francis L. Hawks, D.D., L.L.D. (Washington, D.C.: Published by Order of the Congress of the United States, 1856–1858). Three quarto volumes.
This now rare publication is the lavish basic official account of the Perry mission. Volume 1, published in 1856 and of greatest general interest, is extensively illustrated with fine lithographs and woodcuts, many of which are reproduced in the Essay. Volume 2 contains the colored plates of birds and marine life that are reproduced here. Volume 3, of virtually no interest today, consists entirely of astronomical charts prepared during the voyages. An abridged one-volume commercial trade edition of the Narrative was also published in 1856. This includes many of the same graphics, but the quality of reproduction is inferior to the original.
This now rare publication is the lavish basic official account of the Perry mission. Volume 1, published in 1856 and of greatest general interest, is extensively illustrated with fine lithographs and woodcuts, many of which are reproduced in the Essay. Volume 2 contains the colored plates of birds and marine life that are reproduced here. Volume 3, of virtually no interest today, consists entirely of astronomical charts prepared during the voyages. An abridged one-volume commercial trade edition of the Narrative was also published in 1856. This includes many of the same graphics, but the quality of reproduction is inferior to the original.
The Treaty of Kanagawa established Simoda as the city where the American consulate in Japan would be located. Commodore Matthew C. Perry visited Simoda in June 1854 and went ashore with four cannons and about three hundred men. To impress the Japanese, they staged demonstrations of artillery fire and infantry exercises on the grounds of the main temple — the scene pictured here.
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| “Exercise of Troops in Temple Grounds, Simoda, Japan.” Heine, Wilhelm. The Japan Expedition under Commodore Perry. New York: E. Brown, Jr., 1855-1856. The Perry Expedition to Japan http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/mellon/newVistas.html Perry Expedition http://www.baxleystamps.com/litho/ |
Moulin Rouge, La Goulue
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| 1890, Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa painting At the Moulin Rouge |
Mon cher Loulou
Movieland Wax Museum
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| Gloria Swanson Sunset Boulevard |
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| Charlie Chaplin The Gold Rush |
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| Vincent Price House of Wax |
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| Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier Merry Widow |
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| Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford The Taming of the Shrew |
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| Greta Garbo Queen Christina |
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| Laurel and Hardy Perfect Day |
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| Gina Lollobrigida Flesh and the Woman |
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| Norma Shearer Marie Antoinette |
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| Jean Harlow Dinner at Eight |
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| Nancy Kwan World of Suzy Wong On May 4, 1962 Mary Pickford dedicated the Museum on behalf of the outstanding entertainers of the Cinema world. On Oct. 31, 2005, after 43 years in business and 10 million visitors, the large Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park, California closed its doors for good, due to declining visitors and revenue. About 50 of the museum’s celebrity figures were shipped to a sister museum in San Francisco, and 80 others went to a museum in South Korea. Most of the rest were put up for public auction in March 2006, which brought in over a million dollars.
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Sunflowers
tout ceci est magnifique 