Great Peacock Moth, 1889 by Vincent van Gogh (1843-1890)
Roots, 1971 by Jamie Wyeth (b. 1946)
Fall, 2016 by Martin Wittfooth (b. 1981)
Chemisette Verte, 1967 by Domenico Gnoli (1933-1970)
The Wavering Woman, 1923 by Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Stolen Feast, 1999 by F. Scott Hess (b. 1955)
Der Laden (The Store), 2005 by Neo Rauch (b. 1960)
Pie Fight Interior #8, 2012 by Adrian Ghenie (b. 1977)
Ideal Life, 1950 by Leonor Fini (1908-1996)
My daughter asked to go to our favorite used bookstore a few weeks ago, and while she was milling around the children’s section, I dipped through the adjacent biographies area, an area I admit I seldom visit. Hugh Trevor-Roper’s Hermit of Peking was literally lying on the floor. The Arcimboldosque cover (by Peter Brookes—the political cartoonist?) caught my eye. The blurb, which notes that Sir Edmund Backhouse was “one of the most outrageous forgers, confidence trickster and eccentrics of the century” intrigued me; I posted the pic on Twitter and a good source vouched for Hermit. I picked it up. Read more about Backhouse’s frauds and schemes here.
The Wild Bunch (Hole in the Wall Gang), 1951 by Ivan Albright (1897-1983)
The Big Dory, 1913 by George Bellows (1882-1925)
Hollow People, 1976 by Morteza Katouzian (b. 1943)
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