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Elizabeth Daggar, also known by her company name, Electrofork, is designing a calendar for 2015. The theme will be a fresh take on the signs of the Zodiac, inspired by the house sigils in George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones series. Read more about it and contribute to her Kickstarter campaign to get a copy of your own!
Fortunatus futuet te inguine Veni vide
"Fortunatus will fuck you with his groin. Come! See!"
A Wall Inscription from Pompeii
(via ancientpeoples)
Entry the sixth
From the Permanent Collection: Turkey Breast Bone by Elizabeth Daggar (assemblage, 1994)
Provenance: The curator obtained this piece from the visualist the same year it was made. Materials: wood frame and backing, gold paint, brass nails, turkey breastbone from a Thanksgiving dinner, dried.
"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity." —Cicero
Entry the fifth
From the Donated Articles Wing: Exceedingly long spoon, and two serving forks, silver plate servingware, dates of origin pending research
Provenance: Donated in 2012 by Pete Ascolese, a Friend of the Museum. Knowing the museum has an extensive collection of antique and vintage forks, Mr Ascolese acquired these pieces on behalf of the Museum from an Aunt. All three are silver plate. The exceedingly long spoon, however, is clearly the show piece here, and will likely earn a space in the Gallery, just next the exceedingly long scissors. The maker’s mark on the spoon is Reed & Barton; there is also a monogram on the handle, but it is unclear (possibly JSL). The maker’s marks on both the forks are Rogers, one being W B Rogers, and the other (with the cut-out fleur) is Wm A Rogers, via Oneida.
Entry the fourth
New additions to the Permanent Collection: Cabinet Card photographs (c. late 1800s)
Provenance: Purchased recently by the curator in Hudson, New York. There is no extant photographer’s studio information on the first two in the collection, but they are excellent specimens. Of the second set: The portrait shown is from Taft studio at Monument Square in Glenns Falls, NY. The second from a JA Brush studio in Minneapolis, MN— that photograph (not shown) is of a baby (16 1/2 months, according to the handwriting), in a large wihte gown such as babies wore for photographs. It is not a memorial photograph.
Entry the third
From the Library Collection: Caesar’s Commentaries (The Gallic War, The Civil Wars) by Julius Caesar
Provenance: Purchased by the curator in 2010 at Arcadian Books & Art Prints in New Orleans. Published by Harvard University Press, 1963; cloth-covered hardbound edition; left-hand pages are printed in the original Latin, right-hand pages in the English translation; includes fold-out battle maps and diagrams of engineering projects undertaken by Caesar’s legions. These books, though not particularly old nor dusty, are bloody brilliant— and the content, at least, is ancient.
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know." —Diane Arbus
Entry the second
From the Donated Articles Wing: Ambrotype Portrait of a Woman (c. late 1800s)
Provenance: Donated in 2012 by Zachary Gilbert, a Friend of the Museum. Mr Gilbert acquired this piece on behalf of the Museum from his paternal grandparent’s family photograph collection. The subject of the portrait (whose identity has been lost to the ages) was an ancestor of the Gilbert family.
Entry the first
From the Permanent Collection: Plaster Baby Head (hollow)
Provenance: purchased by the curator at a flea market in NYC, 1990s; origin unknown. Dimensions: approx. 3” W x 3.5” H. This piece is a longtime favorite; it is suspended on a structure of curved ironwork created by Kelley Bell.
Welcome to the Museum; a card catologue of the old, the dusty, and things that are Just So. If you are unfamiliar with Sterling & Pervert, see here. (Be warned, it will likely clarify nothing, only further obfuscate.) Enjoy. See also: my other blog.
