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Unknown Sacred Deer of Kasuga Shrine Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) Wood with pigments
FANTASIA (1940)
dir. ben sharpsteen, david hand, hamilton luske, wilfred jackson
Jackson Pollock, "Number 7A," 1948,
Oil and enamel on canvas,
35 x 131 ½ in. (88.9 x 334 cm.)
Courtesy: Christie's
Will LeMay by Herb Ritts
Statuette of Venus made from rock crystal quartz (Roman, 1st century BC)
“Unmade Bed” (2010) ☀ Malia Jensen ◻ carved soap
In the Land of Tiny Books
Our Head of Special Collections Max Yela has collaborated for decades with Milwaukee artist and art professor at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD) Leslie Fedorchuk (on the left in the first image; Max is on the right). This semester, Leslie is teaching a MIAD course called "Magical Miniatures" and she brought her class over for a discussion and review of artists books that use small scale as expression.
While Max is not very fond of miniatures or the miniaturization of books, he does like books that are small for compositional reasons. In fact, one of his favorite artists books, In Here Out There (third image) by the late Minnesota artist Jody Williams, is quite small (5 x 7 cm). Since we hold about 95% of Jody Williams's work and about 90% of the small editioned work of Peter & Donna Thomas, after a discussion, the class spent time reviewing selected works by these artists, plus about a dozen others by local book artists.
This was the first time these art students, many of them Juniors and Seniors, had ever encountered artists books before, and all expressed that it was a transformative experience. We look forward to seeing some of the book work that comes out of the assignments for this class!
The photographs shown here were taken by MIAD Web Content Specialist Olivia Langby.
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View our online bibliography of the works of Peter and Donna Thomas.
Farewell Friday: For Max
By Jody Williams, In Here Out There is a 1998 book from her Flying Paper Press. It is structured in one of her characteristic tiny boxes, and is made up of three distinct parts. The top opens up with a ladder to a window, and there are two separate chapters titled respectively “In Here” and “Out There”. This book is one of our most utilized items in our book arts collection, and is one of Max’s favorites. It demonstrates in a concise and beautiful way the possibilities of structure in the book arts, and demands that the reader consider not just the text of the book, but the book as a medium.
This was the first Jody Williams book that Max showed me when I visited Special Collections and sparked the curiosity that led me to look at all of her works in our collection. Williams’ artistic precision and contemplative subject matter drew me in and really made me want to explore the rest of our book arts collection. Similarly, Max’s enthusiasm and knowledge of Special Collections has always been rooted in the encouragement to explore, to be curious, and most importantly, to play.
-Elizabeth, Special Collections Graduate Intern
Terracotta statue of Orpheus playing the lyre. From a group depicting the encounter of the argonaut with the sirens, Taranto, IV century B.C. Housed in the Taranto Archaeological Museum (MARTA)
Surreal insect paintings by Nathiola on Reddit (Posted with permission!)
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Louisa Gagliardi
Gregorio Prieto (Spanish, 1897-1992)
Boxeador, ca. 1938
via Museo Gregorio Prieto
Edvard Munch Self-Portrait in Woman's Hair: Salome Paraphrase gouache, 1895
photographer: Herbert List via
In the Studio. Studio of unknown Sculptor or Depot of a collection at Art School. Munich, Germany. ca 1955.
Tan Yongqing.
Geer van Velde Composition c. 1955-1960 Olieverf op doek 44.1 × 39 cm
Cornelius McCarthy: Golden Couple with Shells, gouache