Fritz Winter
German, 1905 - 1976
Antarctic Octopus, 1904
Lithograph on paper
eleven things tagged “nyc”
Louis Joubin
French, 1861–1935
Melanoteuthis Lucens, 1920
Lithograph
Ernst Vanhöffen
1858–1918
The acrasped medusae of the German Deep-Sea Expedition, 1898–1899
Lithograph on paper
David Starr Jordan
1851-1931
The fishes of Samoa, 1906
Lithograph on paper
Cleared and Stained Fish
I went back to the American Museum of Natural History after about 8 years. I plan on going back as frequently as I can (it’s free with my student ID!) This might have been the best thing I saw and learned on my last trip. Even ichthyologists cannot always identify a fish species just by looking a…
Florine Stettheimer
b. 1871; Rochester, NY - d. 1944; New York, NY
Sun, 1931
Oil on canvas
Jay DeFeo
b. 1929; Hanover, NH, d. 1989; Oakland, CA
The Rose, 1958–66
Oil with wood and mica on canvas
Lorna Simpson
Born 1960 in Brooklyn, New York; lives and works in Brooklyn
Wigs, 1994
Photolithograph on paper
U. T. Walker Special Purchase Fund, 1995
Helen Levitt
AMERICAN, 1913-2009
N.Y.C. (5 cent soda), 1939
Gelatin silver print, printed 2000
Forest Goddess at the Whitney
I’ve never used an LUT, which stands for “Look Up Table”, and thought I’d give this one a try. The work is Fall by Allison Saar (2011). I cannot wait to take a picture of it when it snows.…