Showing posts with label i spy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label i spy. Show all posts

Thursday, September 3, 2015

i spy: a woman in yellow, art deco plastic, a foggy Dutch evening

As Don Draper told Lane Pryce when he suggested they go see the film Guns of August, "I hate guns and I hate August."  Nonetheless, I did spy some beautiful things last month:  a woman in yellow, a dress in rust, a beautifully furnished room in Iceland, and more.

See more on my Tumblr and Pinterest.



clockwise, starting upper left:

* Willy Jaeckel, Dame in Gelb (Woman in Yellow), 1928. | Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg
* 1930s rust crepe dress with smocking and braided hair tassels. | GuermantesVintage
* James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne; Grey and Gold--Canal; Holland, 1883-1884. | Smithsonians's Freer-Sackler Gallery
* A collection of circa 1930s art deco style plastic buckles. | gerson lessa's Flickr

xo
K

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

i spy: laughing ladies, Lanvin polka dots, more delicious Hamm, and summer lushness from Klimt

In this edition of I Spy: laughing ladies in the 1930s, superb Helsinki street style, more Hamm, and a bar that never changes.

See more inspiration on my Tumblr and Pinterest.


* In tribute to what would have been Orson Welles' 100th birthday this year, one of my all-time favorite films, The Third Man, has been restored.  This is a German poster for the movie by Heinrich Stengel.  You can see many more beautiful examples of posters for this film at the following link. | MUBI Notebook blog
* Photo of Woody Guthrie performing at McSorley's Ale House in NYC in 1943. (Photo by Eric Schaal-The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images.)  What I love about this is McSorley's looks almost exactly like this to this day--down to the sawdust on the floor.  And Woody's outfit is terrific. | LIFE magazine on Tumblr
* A wonderful photo, dated 1939, of two ladies laughing, apparently at something in Esquire magazine.  I wish I knew what it was! | roni greenwood on Flickr
* If, like me, you're missing Mad Men and Jon Hamm's handsome (and sometimes ridiculous) face, you have options.  You can re-watch Mad Men, and/or you can enjoy him along with Daniel Radcliffe as a 1930s Russian morphine addict in the funny and dark A Young Doctor's Notebook and Other Stories, based on the stories by Mikhail Bulgakov.  Both series of the show are now available on Netflix.  (You can also see Hamm in A Wet Hot American Summer First Day of Camp on Netflix now.)  And that's your Hamm News for the day. | my screenshot; more on my Tumblr
* Ilka Chase modeling a fantastic polka dot dress by Lanvin in May 1925, photo by Edward Steichen. | Corbis



* Gustav Klimt's The Park, 1910 or earlier. | Wikimedia Commons
* Great street style, Victoria in Helsinki!  Love those pants and the pop of color from her scarf.  I'm so glad that Hel-Looks appears to be back in Helsinki and posting street style. | Hel-Looks
* A circa 1920s vasculum.  Isn't it beautiful?  These were used by botanists to safely collect and store plants without crushing them when in the field. | Live Auctioneers
* A door handle in the Bremen City Hall, designed by Franz von Stuck.  This makes me really bummed that I never got to visit the Museum Villa Stuck when we were in Munich.  Next trip! | Culture Design blog

xo
K

Monday, July 6, 2015

i spy: pink Gothic, a wall of fire, and amazing fashion

An almost futuristic Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, a wall of fire depicted in a dreamy photograph, a pink Gothic interior, a stitched-up park, and amazing fashions from Louella Ballerino.  

See more on my Pinterest and Tumblr.


clockwise, starting upper left:
* The Grand Gallery in the Gothic Revival Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham, London, built in 1749 by Horace Walpole. | English Castles and Manor Houses
* Geez, these Louella Ballerino looks, from a 1946 ad, are just amazing.  If you follow my link to the FIDM blog, you can see photos of the top on the right in full color and worn by a woman who owned the top, as well as a little background on crop/midriff tops. | FIDM Museum blog
* A photograph of artist Yves Klein and his work, Mur de feu (Wall of fire), January 1961. | Smithsonian Archives of American Art
* A totally charming embroidered depiction of New York City's Washington Square Park, by Marcia Stebbins, 1930s. | Cooper Hewitt
* Portrait of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, ca. 1890. That dress and headpiece are just incredible! | Smithsonian Archives of American Art

xo

Friday, June 5, 2015

i spy: sad Don, a gorgeous menu, and great NYC street style

May is over and seemed to go by really quickly, too.  If this collage were a realistic depiction of my brain in May, it would be 95% Mad Men and 5% dogs.

You can see more by following my Pinterest and/or Tumblr.


* I still can't get used to the fact that there is no more Mad Men.  I know.  I'm as sad as Don curled up in a fetal position. | coffee-and-classic-rock Tumblr
* Photographer Dan Bannino decided to help raise money for shelter dogs by photographing them posed as famous writers, and it is a wondrous thing indeed!  How cute is this little dog in Emily Dickinson drag?  Follow my link to Buzzfeed to see more of these great photos. | Buzzfeed
* I've been perusing the many fashion-related items in the New York Public Library digital collections, and the illustrations by André-Edouard Marty are consistently favorites.  This is a 1921 illustrated ad for a Paul Poiret dress. | NYPL Digital Collections
* A simply gorgeous 1960s menu from the Bay View Hotel in Bodega Bay, California.  The Los Angeles Public Library's online collection of menus is a surprisingly beautiful place to browse. | Los Angeles Public Library
* Great NYC street style from The Sartorialist.  I love her outfit (and the touch of mustard from her blouse), but most of all that excellent, Howard's End Helena Bonham Carter hair! | The Sartorialist

xo
K

Monday, May 4, 2015

i spy: 1930s embroidery, Burchfield showers, and a book village

Just a small selection of beautiful images from April.  I don't know anything about the artist Marie Montard, but isn't that book village charming and clever?  And if anyone has seen a photograph of the gorgeous Georges Doeuillet dress in the illustration, please let me know.  It's incredible.

You can see more on my Tumblr and Pinterest.


* 1930s embroidered wool dress | millstreetvintage
* Lull in Summer Rain, by Charles Burchfield, 1916 | Avery Galleries
* Village de livres, book art by Marie Montard | mariemontard.com
* A woman named Zola Campbell, rowing a boat on Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada, ca. 1910-1913. | Glenbow Museum Archives on Flickr
1920 fashion illustration for couturier Georges Doeuillet, by André-Edouard Marty. | NYPL Digital Collections

xo
K

Monday, April 6, 2015

i spy: a tin lady, Paul Poiret's dining room, a folkloric 1930s dress

A lovely if haunting winter scene and a spring green interior . . . some inspiration from the last month.  See more by following me on Pinterest and Tumblr.



clockwise, from upper left:

* The dining room in the Paris apartment of Paul Poiret, 1913.  Those leafy/fern-like designs (painted?) on the walls are so gorgeous. | University of Heidelberg
* I love Charles Burchfield's paintings; this one really captures the end of winter snowmelt period.  Street Vista in Winter, by Charles E. Burchfield, 1957-1960. | Burchfield Penney Art Center
* The tin lady?  This funny little cabinet card is circa 1870-1890, and advertises a hardware store in Cadillac, Michigan. (And it sold for over $500.00!) | Cowan's Auctions
* A very pretty folkloric wool dress, by Luelle Ballerino, 1938. | FIDM Museum
* A page from Floriated Ornament: a series of thirty-one designs, by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1849. | Clark | Mary Ann Beinecke Collection

xo
K

Monday, January 19, 2015

i spy: an old pharmacy, a winter boulevard, and a little Oscar talk

I just realized the other day that I hadn't done an I Spy for December, so today I am remedying that!  The first photo is from a travel and photography blog on Tumblr, photo91, that I really enjoy.  They've recently documented trips to Switzerland and Macedonia with beautiful photography.

Although I am generally confused and somewhat apathetic about the Oscars (I don't usually see most of the films nominated), every year I find myself rooting for at least one nominee.  This year I'm really happy to see Wes Anderson and The Grand Budapest Hotel nominated!  (I also loved Ida, one of the foreign language film nominations, and I am excited to see Selma.  And I am befuddled by the nomination of The Imitation Game, which is the only other nominated film I've seen.)
   

clockwise, starting at upper left corner:
* An old pharmacy in Lucerne, Switzerland. | photos91
* The Grand Budapest Hotel. | welcometothe99
* 1930s photo of a well-dressed gal with a very sassy attitude. | jell-obiafrasays
* Arnold Scaasi dress and coat ensemble, 1958. | MFA Boston
* Boulevard in the Evening, by Isaac Levitan, 1883. | WikiArt

xo
K

Monday, December 8, 2014

i spy: a Finnish writer, a rainy Paris, amazing Poiret

Just a single small collection of lovely inspiration from November as we plunge into the holiday season.  Autumn always feels way too short to me (especially so when it's been as wintry-weathered as ours has been).  I love this Edouard Cortes painting, which has a November feeling to me; it looks like a rainy late afternoon, or perhaps the rain has just ended.  I wouldn't mind strolling along that street, and I certainly wouldn't mind wearing that Poiret dress, which is just perfection.  

My mom bought me Tove Jansson's Moomintroll books when I was a child, and I have always loved them . . . . as I love this photo of her in a flower crown!

clockwise, starting at upper left:
*Finnish writer Tove Jansson, photo by Hans Gedda, 1967. | Wikimedia Commons
*Quay du Louvre, Edouard Cortes, ca. 1925. | WikiArt
*page with flyleaf from a 1902 edition of The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe. | The Two Germanys
*Mushroom picking, Swiss postcard. | The Two Germanys
*Brique day dress, by Paul Poiret, 1924. | V&A

xo
K

Monday, November 10, 2014

i spy: sparkling dresses and lights, autumn landscapes, and romantic train travel

As the days get shorter, I get more obsessed with beautiful lights and chandeliers--and sparkling dresses!  And one year after our trip to Europe, I am still obsessed with Germany and Austria, and thus, with half timber houses and a bygone era of romantic train travel.

I have to admit, I've gone my entire life with zero interest in weddings and bridal wear, until I saw these amazing photos of Norwegian brides in their gorgeous, folkloric dresses and elaborate crowns.  Amazing!

For more of this kind of stuff, you can follow me on Tumblr and/or Pinterest.

clockwise, starting upper left:
*French actress Mistinguett, photographed at home in Paris with her hundreds of shoes (and pet monkey!), 1923. | The Lively Morgue
*dress by Madeleine Vionnet, fall/winter 1930-31. | Metropolitan Museum of Art
*1932 poster for the Flying Scotsman express train connecting London and Edinburgh. | History in Posters
*Erich Kettelhut, design for Metropolis set Day break, Morgendämmerung, 1920s. Oil painting. | La città nuova
*Lamp designed by Gaspar Homar in the Casa Navàs (designed by Lluis Domenech i Montaner Reus, 1901-1908) in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. | Wikimedia Commons



clockwise, starting at upper left:
*photos of fabulously attired Norwegian brides, 1870-1920. | via
*László Paál, In the Forest, ca. 1875. | Wikimedia Commons
*dress by House of Patou, 1927. | Metropolitan Museum of Art
*a beautiful half timber frame house in Mainz, Germany. | Photo by Pedro Szekely
*Charles Burchfield, Old House and Spruce Trees, 1951. | via

xo
K

Monday, October 6, 2014

i spy: old libraries, cozy cabins, and Garbo

Here's a small selection of things that caught my eye last month.  I've been combing through the vintage dresses in the Met archives and posting a dress a day over on my Tumblr page, which has been fun.  There is no particular theme; just dresses that I like.  You can see much more of this on Pinterest, as well.


clockwise, starting at upper left:
*Library of the Manor House, Bampton, Oxfordshire, 1900.  Photo by Henry Taunt. | English Heritage
*a cabin in Big Sur, California. | Cabin Porn
*Silk and fur evening dress, by Marguerite, ca. 1915. | Metropolitan Museum of Art
*Greta Garbo, 1926, photo by Ruth Harriet Louise.  The photo is wonderful, but so is the Garbo quote about her life in Hollywood that was posted with it: "Here, it is boring, incredibly boring, so boring I can’t believe it’s true." | Bizarre Los Angeles
*Illustration by Arthur Rackham of the three norns, from Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods by Richard Wagner, 1911. | Archive.org

xo
K

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

i spy: dark forests, fairy tales, and a young beauty queen

Lots of drama and darkness catching my eye this last month (as always, really).  I can totally picture someone running through the forest in that Dior dress, pursued by something frightening!  I guess I'm getting in the mood for autumn.

See more by following me on Tumblr and Pinterest.

clockwise from top left:
*Actor Rudolf Rittner in costume for Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen, Part II, 1924.  The set and costume design were inspired by Carl Otto Czeschka's Die Nibelungen book illustrations. | Truus, Bob & Jan too! on Flickr
*Beautiful stormy photograph of San Francisco's Cliff House, ca. 1900. | Wikipedia (and more incredible Cliff House photographs here)
*A lovely found photo of Geneva, who went to the World's Fair as a beauty competition contestant, ca 1933. | The Wayfaring Dreamer on Flickr
*Dress by Mme. Eta Hentz, spring/summer 1944. | Metropolitan Museam of Art
*Still Life with Bouquet of Flowers and Plums by Rachel Ruysch, 1704. | Wikipedia


*Cocktail dress by Yves St. Laurent for House of Dior, spring/summer 1958. | Metropolitan Museum of Art
*Caspar David Friedrich, Tagenszeitenzyklus: Der Abend (Times of Day: The Evening), 1821-22. | Wikimedia Commons
*Cover of Uilen Geluk (The Happy Owls), illustrated by Theodorus van Hoytema, 1895. | My Owl Barn on Flickr
*Eugen Krüger, Stag. | via
*Heinrich Lefler illustration of Schneewittchen (Snow White) for a 1905 fairy tale calendar. | via

xo
K




Wednesday, August 6, 2014

i spy: hearts on frocks, dark glamour and serious moonlight

Inspiring me now: gals wearing their hearts on their frocks, light interiors and dark exteriors, louche glamour, a great writer trying on wooden eyeglasses, and a perfect summer "street style" shot (I want to be wearing that outfit and on that beach in the Sartorialist photo!).  You can see more of this on my Pinterest and Tumblr


clockwise, starting in upper left corner:
*La Morphinomane, Vittorio Matteo Corcos, 1899 | Wikimedia Commons
*Schiaparelli Haute Couture, Fall 2014-15 | via
*Boris Lipnitzki, Jeune femme sortant d’une voiture, Paris, 1934 | via
*Lesser Ury, Nelken in grüner Glasvase, 1906 | Wikimedia
*Charles Baudelaire, Les fleurs du mal, Paris: Michel Lévy frères, 1868–69 | Christie's


*Maeve Brennan of Harper's Bazaar trying on a pair of wooden frame glasses, 1945.  Photo by Nina Leen.  This month I read Brennan's book of city stories that she wrote for The New Yorker, The Long-Winded Lady.  I highly recommend this book to anyone who has ever lived in or just plain loves New York City. | via
*Apertivo Before Dinner at Rimini Grand Hotel Rimini.  Great outfit, beautiful photo, gorgeous setting! | The Sartorialist
*Martin Lewis, Winter Moon, 1918 | Indianapolis Museum of Art
*circa 1940s German found photo of a young girl in fancy dress | Raymondx1 on Flickr
*artist unknown, Süddeutsches Interieur, 19th century | Auktionshaus Bergmann

xo
K



Tuesday, July 8, 2014

i spy: striped flappers, dapper artists and an anxious puppy

Striped flappers, deco dancers, geometric book covers, dapper artists, an anxious puppy, and an English library in which I would like to live.  These are some of the images that caught my eye last month.  To see more, check out my Tumblr and Pinterest.


(clockwise, starting at upper left:)
*cover of Paul Klee's Handzeichnungen, published by Insel-Bücherei / Front Free Endpaper
*illustration by Eduardo García Benito from La dernière lettre Persane (ca. 1920) / Doctor Ojiplático
*maquette of Alvin Lustig’s rejected cover art for Dylan Thomas’ Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (ca. 1953) / Cooper-Hewitt
*dance performance in the Himmelssaal (Sky Hall) of Haus Atlantis, an art deco house in the historic Böttcherstraße of Bremen, Germany (photo ca. 1932) / Böttcherstraße
*poster by the Stenberg Brothers for the German Film Six Girls Seeking Shelter (ca. 1927) / Mubi


*Max Ernst at the home of Peggy Guggenheim, New York, 1942, photo by Hermann Landshoff / Münchner Stadtmuseum
*dapper Scottish designer and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh (ca. 1900).  Sadly, his Glasgow School of Art building was recently badly damaged by fire; funds are being raised to repair the damage. / Wikipedia
*The library at Lyme Park in Disley, Cheshire, England, as illustrated in The Ladies' Field, 1901. / National Trust
*anxious puppy / The Libby Hall Collection
*a wonderful photo from the Spitzer family papers at Brandeis University (photo ca. 1920s?). / Brandeis Special Collections

xo
K

Monday, June 9, 2014

i spy: smartly dressed women, mid century graphics and a glowing opera house

What's inspiring me lately?  Smartly-dressed women of the past and present, mid century graphic design, gorgeous old opera houses, and the evolution of Don and Peggy.  (And yes, I'm still pining to return to Germany and Austria!)  See more on my Tumblr and Pinterest.


clockwise, l-r:
*found photo "mit Trudel in Hildenbrandseck" dated September 6, 1936.  I'm loving their collars and the belt on the black dress. | Back Then Photographed
*Young woman in Vienna wearing a Reform dress, 1923. (© Beatrice Eipeldauer) | Vintage Vienna
*Markgräfliches Opernhaus Bayreuth - Logenränge, photo by Pierre Schoberth | Wikimedia
*Detail of an Elizabethan embroidered tunic, from English Embroidery by A.F. Kendrick, 1913. | archive.org
*Scenic French wall panel, ca. 1930-1940. | Cooper-Hewitt


*Spring Evening During the Ice Break, Hugo Simberg, 1897. | WikiArt
*On the street...Piazza del Duomo, Milan.  I feel like I could wear this outfit every day of my life and be perfectly happy. | The Sartorialist
*Hungarian-English tourist dictionary, 1964. | Jell-O Biafra Says
*Fiona, Helsinki Street Style.  A neo film noir vamp! | Hel-Looks
*Two beautiful screenshots from one of the last episodes of the first half of the last season (ugh) of Mad Men.  I just started re-watching the series from the beginning, something I highly recommend to fellow fans of the show.  A lot has happened to these two characters, and it's been easy to forget all the crap that Peggy had to put up with as a young secretary in 1960.  (Seriously.  Go back and watch the first few episodes if nothing else.)  It's been nice to see these two working together again, and to see Don full of both pride and admiration for her. | source appears to have removed her original post, but it was the Tumblr Omiero

xo
K

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

i spy: dark florals, ladies of mystery, and glowing nighttime scenes

Spring is in full swing here, and the flowers are blooming . . . but I prefer my flowers against a dark background.  Just like I love a small glowing light illuminating a darkened room.  And mystery!

See more by following me on Pinterest and Tumblr.


clockwise, l-r:
*After Van Dongen, photo by Norman Parkinson of Adele Collins wearing an Otto Lucas toque.  Photo was inspired by the 1919 painting "The Corn Poppy" by Dutch artist Kees Van Dongen. | normanparkinson.com
*Polaroid, 2003, Berlin-Mitte, Germany, photo by Sibylle Bergemann | Ostkreuz
*1946 Mallinson Fabrics ad | My Vintage Vogue
*decorated farmhouses of Hälsingland, Sweden (swoon!) | Hälsingegårdar
*Großer Blumenstrauss in einem Holzgefäß (Big floral bouquet in a wooden vessel), by Jan Brueghel, ca 1606-1607 | Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna


clockwise, l-r:
*Beim Sekt, photograph by YVA (Else Simon-Neuländer), 1936. | source
*Saint Christopher decorates an archway over a cobblestone street in Bavaria, Germany, March 1974.  Photograph by George F. Mobley, National Geographic | NatGeoFound
*Nächtliches Bankett (“Nocturnal Banquet”) by Wolfgang Heimbach, dated 1640. | Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
*Patricia Highsmith, author of the Ripley books, which I recently read and loved.  I need to read more Highsmith! | Vintage & Anchor Books Tumblr
*Setting for a Fairy Tale, box construction by Joseph Cornell, 1942. | Guggenheim

xo
K

Thursday, April 3, 2014

i spy: a grand hotel and an alpine Gasthaus, women in amazing coats, and a dreamboat in a hamster suit

Thanks to the release of Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, I was in an even more mitteleuropäisch state of mind than usual last month.  (I really loved the film, needless to say.  It's probably my favorite Wes Anderson film to date, and I'm a big fan of his.)  So Alpine scenes, grand hotels, and certain actors have been popping up frequently on my Pinterest and Tumblr.  But I realize this is a vintage blog, so you'll be happy to know I also spotted some great fashion and fashion-related images last month, possibly rekindled my interest in The Sartorialist, and discovered a great new online collection at the Cooper-Hewitt.

Prost! 


clockwise, starting at upper left:
*Mendl's Bakery in Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel 
*Sertiweg by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1926 | WikiPaintings
*Christoph Waltz playing the hamster equivalent of Salieri in the sublimely silly Jimmy Kimmel mini-film, Ameowadeus | watch it here
*Hungarian actor S.Z. Sakall on the set of Casablanca (1942). | A Certain Cinema
*Berggasthaus Aescher-Wildkirchli, a restaurant and hotel tucked into the side of the Swiss Alps. | photo by Rowena Waack


*a woman in Paris wearing a coat that looks like it's made from couch upholstery...but I love it! | Street Style Aesthetic
*woman wearing Prada in Paris. | The Sartorialist (I'd stopped looking at The Sartorialist awhile back because I just wasn't much inspired by the fashions he photographed.  This photo has me reconsidering that!)
*Christian Berard illustration on the cover of the November 1936 French Vogue | via
*18th century sales sample book of buttons | Cooper-Hewitt (check out their online collections...I could get lost there for hours)
*"Fitting shoes" photo by Lisa Larsen taken at Capezio Theatrical Shoes, New York, ca 1947, for Liberty Magazine. | Picture of the Year International archive

xo
K

Monday, March 10, 2014

i spy: luxurious train travel, a fern print dress, a Berlin chanteuse, and dogs!

What's inspiring me lately?  Springy green fern prints, dreams of luxurious train travel, a Berlin cabaret performer...and dogs.

See more by following me on Pinterest and Tumblr.


clockwise, l-r:
*wool skirt suit by Victor Stiebel, autumn 1942 / V&A Museum
*bar car on the Venice-Simplon Orient Express / Poppytalk
*German cabaret performer, Katie Kühl, 1933 / Cabaret Berlin
*model in a fern-shadowed dress by Herbert Sondheim, photo by Herbert Matter, 1948 / Pleasure Photo
*autumn in Bucharest by yony_ro / yony_ro on Flickr


clockwise, l-r:
*Nora, a terrier mix / The Dogist
*Vienna, a dachshund at the NY Pet Fashion Show / The Dogist
*photo of a girl and her dog, early 1860s / KaufmaNelson Vintage Photographs
*a World War I German mascot dog with his own jacket, hat and Iron Cross Second Class.  Oh, and pipe. / Wooway1 on Flickr

xo
K

Thursday, February 13, 2014

i spy: snow (duh), neon signs, a cozy fire, and architects in costume

January.  Snow, ice, fireplaces, neon lights, and the best costumes for a ball ever!  Take a look and see if you agree.  (For more of this, follow me on Tumblr or Pinterest.)

clockwise, from upper left:
*a beautiful stone fireplace in a found photo / sctatepdx Flickr
*leaf from an 1896 Dutch Art Nouveau calender by Theodor Willem Nieuwenhuis / Wolfsonian FIU Library blog
*Karlavägen street in central Stockholm in snow, January 1922, photo by Berit Wallenberg / Swedish National Heritage Board on Flickr
*Ice Glare by Charles Burchfield, 1933 / Whitney Museum of American Art
*Après-ski photo by Robert Capa of a woman at an ice bar in Zürs, Austria.  (© Robert Capa and International Center of Photography/Magnum Photos) / Vanity Fair



clockwise, from upper left:
*The Abandoned City, pastel and crayon drawing by Fernand Khnopff, 1904 / Wikipedia
*Painted glass window fragment, England, 15th century / V&A
*a 1970 nighttime shot of Kärntner Straße in Vienna (© KommR Helmut Prem private archive) / Vintage Vienna
*screenshot I took of a GIF showing architect William Van Alen dressed in costume as his Chrysler Building for the 1931 Beaux-Arts Ball in NYC. / Smithsonian Archives of American Art
*a photo of the beautiful Richmond Stamp sign in downtown Grand Rapids, by Conspectus / Conspectus

xo
K

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