Strange Object of My Desire, 2007 by Paul Wackers (b. 1978)
Birthday, 1942 by Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012)
Girl with Leaves, 1948 by Lucian Freud (1939–2010)
September 29, 1937 1:30 PM (Orgiastic Melody), 1937 by Reuben Mednikoff (1906-1972)
Man Collapsing on a Public Flight of Steps, 1956 by Robin Ironside (1912-1965)
“The Frog Prince” by Robert Coover
At first, it was great. Sure. It always is. She cuddled a frog, wishing for more, and—presto! A handsome prince who doted on her. It meant the end of her marriage, of course, but her ex was something of a toad himself, who had a nasty habit of talking with his mouth full and a tongue good for nothing but licking stamps.
The prince was adorable—all the girls at the bridge club, squirming with envy, said so—though you could still see the effects his previous residence had had on him. He had heavy-lidded eyes and a wide mouth like a hand puppet’s, his complexion was a bit off, and his loose-fitting skin was thin and clammy. His semen had a muddy taste, like the pond he came from, and his little apparatus was disappointing, but his tongue was amazing. It could reach the deepest recesses, triggering sensations she’d never known before. His crown was not worn like a hat—it grew out of his head like horns and sometimes got in the way—but his tongue was long enough for detours and tickled other parts on the path in. It gave him not so much a lisp as a consonantal slurp, making gibberish out of his sweet nothings, but talking was never the main thing between them.
Read the rest of Robert Coover’s “The Frog Prince” at The New Yorker
L’Orange Sauvage, 1995 by F. Scott Hess (b. 1955)
Le Mort De Don Juan (The Death of Don Juan), 1935 by Mario Prassinos (1916-85)
Seated Girl with Bare Torso and Light Blue Skirt, 1911 — Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
Crowd Waiting for a Portent I, 1952 by Robin Ironside (1912-1965)
Father’s Waistcoat, 1937 by Grace Pailthorpe (1883-1971)
Orange Disaster #5, 1936 by Andy Warhol 1928-87
Harpie, 1951 by Ben Shahn (1898–1969). From Ben Shahn: His Graphic Art, George Braziller, Inc., NY 1957.
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