Artist Unknown - When Shall We Meet Again

 

Interestingly, some of the most intriguing photographs in the Richard Harris collection, are by Unknown Photographers.

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 House of Belgian painter James Ensor - by Martine Franck [Ostend, Belgium/ 1998]

Martine Franck [1938-2012]  was a famous Belgian  documentary and portrait photographer.  She was the second wife of Henri Cartier Bresson. She was the co-founder and president of the Henri Cartier Bresson Foundation.. For more on Martine Franck, read Wikipedia, click here..  

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Bronze Skull - by Kiki Smith

2000/ Bronze

On it are engraved Latin words.. Vis consili expers mole ruit sua

Which translates into: Force without wisdom falls of its own weight.

[Brute force bereft of wisdom falls ruin by its own weight]

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Andy Warhol – Untitled / Photo Edition for Parkett # 12 [ 1987]

 

Parkett is an international magazine specializing in contemporary art.

Here is Wikipedia information on Parkett.. click here..

Founded in the early 1980s with the idea of fostering an open dialogue between the artistic communities of Europe and America, Parkett is based in Zurich, with an office also in New York..

 

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Antikamnia Calender - by Louis Crusius [American, d: 1898]

Antikamnia Calender [1899-1901] / color and black and white lithography

Louis Crusius was a pharmacist and surgeon as well as an artist. He created these humorous drawings for promotional calendars distributed by Antikamnia, a pharmaceutical company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Among the medicines Antikamnia manufactured were painkillers that contained opium and cocaine. (more...)...

  Death and The Maiden:

The genre "Dance and the Maiden" has origins in Dance of the Death.  In many Dance of the Death representation,  a skeleton personifying Death is shown with a beautiful lady.  However, most cases, these are not shown as erotic.  But as time passed by,  the images became more sensual. Now, dance was not essential, but  instead there was intense, intimate and sometimes erotic relationship between the skeletal death and the maiden. It is a reminder of life's brevity and the dangers of vanity. One popular name associated with this is of...

   

DANCE of  DEATH

Dance of Death imagery presents the eternal truth that death eventually comes for everyone. Portrayed by a skeletal figure, death arrives to lead the unsuspecting to their destiny. No one can refuse a dance with death; men and women, powerful and humble, rich and poor – all participate. Large compositions depicting this theme may include dozens of people dancing with death,  while smaller formats often show  dance between a skeleton and a person.

Dance of Death is  variously called Danse Macabre...

 

THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH

Here, Death  represented by a skeleton;  is not  shown dancing, but rather in a furious combat with the living.  The end of the fight is obvious, Death is always triumphant...

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Architectural Fragment Relief  -  Artist Unknown [French]

17th century / White marble

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  Of about 1,500 art pieces, at display in the exhibition,  this particular photograph titled, "Found Human Skull" is one of Richard Harris' favourite pieces.  He always talks about this photograph, he bought for only 5 dollars.  In the image he is seen directing the attention of the curious visitors towards this photograph, "Found Human Skull".   (more...)...