Lucidly Mad

When Being Sane Makes You Strange

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“Air” Cabin by Yakusha Design,

Photos: Serhiy Chornousov / Yakusha Design

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Histoire de la Magie, 1870

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same as it ever was

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Guy Bourdin - Charles Jourdan “Tokyo” Ad (Harpers and Queen 1975)

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Michel Picard - Christian Dior Boutique Ad (L’Officiel 1979)

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Barry Lategan - Knickers and Camisole Vest from Maria’s Stall Vignettes at Antiquarius (Vogue UK 1975)

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John Bishop - Top by Lee Bender from Bus Stop, Earrings by Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche (Over 21 1975)

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Better Homes and Gardens’ House Plants book, 1971.

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From Kladderadatsch, 1925.

It’s been said that hybrids evoke wonder and fear, magic and folklore. Evidence: strange hybrids.

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Study of a Head, John Singer Sargent, 1890-1915, Harvard Art Museums: Drawings

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent Size: 62.5 × 47 cm (24 5/8 × 18 ½ in.) Medium: Charcoal and white chalk on blue laid paper

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/306592

[psikonauti]

Jacek Yerka

Life on stump ,1994

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illustration Barbara McClintock’s Heartaches of a French Cat,1989

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Poèmes en prose - Maurice de Guérin, ill. par George Barbier - 1928 - via e-rara 

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Renaissance Art: Eyes

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W. & D. Downey - Miss Gabrielle Ray, 1900-1905

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©Philomena Famulok

mixed media, 2019