—Joan Bennett
Epitaph Painting 1
1996-1997
Oil on linen
96 1/2 x 95 inches; 245.5 x 241.5 cm
—Maria Felix, Mexico’s legendary movie star
2nd century BCE
Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.
The Classic Panton Chair is made of rigid expanded plastic and has a high gloss lacquered surface.
Freckles
Undated
—Jean Seberg via
by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543)
chalk, ink, paper
Harbourfront, Toronto, 2011
Interesting comment from Jean Seberg – beauty is generally in the eye of the beholder.
Like your picture Rick – the lines, colors…
I was showing my wife the nude scene in Hedy Lamaar’s movie “Ecstasy” and the similarity of her face to that of Joan Bennett was amazing.
Her sister Constance was my favorite of the two, however. I don’t think I ever saw a move of hers in a theater but she was on TV a lot in the early days when “Topper ” was on all the time. That and “Casablanca” were on at least every week if not every day.
One of these days I’ll have to see a Hedy Lamarr movie. So far I only know her work as an inventor. You might not know that… she has a patent that is quite famous, US Patent 2,282,387. It is, roughly, the foundation of WiFi and cellular communication.
Due to my schedule, I can only make 3 brief comments this week, Robert:
1) I love the Radiomir style, but $9K seems a little steep…
2) I tend to envision BCE civilization as somewhat “prehistoric”in nature… that is, I tend to think of the people as crude, primitive and nomadic . The gold earring reminds me that, even 2,000 years before Jesus Christ, there were stylish women who wanted to wear beautiful gold jewelry.
3) I didn’t know much about Jean Seberg… another interesting and tragic story there.
Have a wonderful weekend.