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Robert J. Avrech: Emmy Award winning screenwriter. Movie fanatic. Helplessly and hopelessly in love with my wife since age nine.

Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions

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“I knew Miss Monroe when she was married to Joe DiMaggio, and we were making The Seven Year Itch. I knew her when she was married to Arthur Miller, and we were making Some Like it Hot. Her marriages didn't work out because Joe DiMaggio found out she was Marilyn Monroe, and Arthur Miller found out she wasn't Marilyn Monroe.” —Billy Wilder
“I knew Miss Monroe when she was married to Joe DiMaggio, and we were making “The Seven Year Itch.” I knew her when she was married to Arthur Miller, and we were making “Some Like it Hot.” Her marriages didn’t work out because Joe DiMaggio found out she was Marilyn Monroe, and Arthur Miller found out she wasn’t Marilyn Monroe.”
—Billy Wilder

Edward Degas
Edward Degas

 

Kathy Muehlemann, “Constantinople Turkuvas” 1989 - 1990, oil on linen 26" x 14" , Collection Robert & Karen Avrech, Los Angeles
Kathy Muehlemann, “Constantinople Turkuvas” 1989 – 1990, oil on linen 26″ x 14″ , Collection Robert & Karen Avrech, Los Angeles

 

Ghirlandaio Domenico Leda and the Swan, 1460
Ghirlandaio Domenico “Leda and the Swan,” 1460

 

Julia Margaret Cameron, Pomona, 1872
Julia Margaret Cameron, “Pomona,” 1872

 

Anish Kapoor, “Turning the World Upside Down” Israel Museum - Jerusalem, Israel
Anish Kapoor, “Turning the World Upside Down” Israel Museum – Jerusalem, Israel

 

Pavel Wolberg, Wedding, Sanz Hasidim, Netanya, 2013 Inkjet Print 23.5 x 35.5 in | 59.7 x 90.2 cm Edition of 5
Pavel Wolberg, “Wedding, Sanz Hasidim, Netanya,” 2013 Inkjet Print 23.5 x 35.5 in | 59.7 x 90.2 cm Edition of 5

 

Robert J. Avrech, The Bostoner Rebbe, Rabbi Yitzchak HeLevi Horowitz , 1977
Robert J. Avrech, “The Boston Rebbe” (1944 – 2009), Rabbi Yitzchak HeLevi Horowitz , 1977

 

Raymond Hains, Poster in Yiddish, 1950. Torn poster 34 x 54cm
Raymond Hains, “Poster in Yiddish”, 1950. Torn poster 34 x 54cm

 

“A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these days?” ”Lauren Bacall
“A woman isn’t complete without a man. But where do you find a man — a real man — these days?”
—Lauren Bacall
Joseph Cornell (1903-72), Untitled (Penny Arcade Portrait of Lauren Bacall) (1945-1946)
Joseph Cornell, “Untitled (Penny Arcade Portrait of Lauren Bacall)” mixed media, (1945-1946)

 

Gustav Klimt, “Portrait of Emilie Flöge,” 1902, oil on canvas, 181 x 84 cm
Gustav Klimt, “Portrait of Emilie Flöge,” 1902, oil on canvas, 181 x 84 cm

 

Helen Frankenthaler, “Wind Directions,” 1970
Helen Frankenthaler, “Wind Directions,” 1970

 

 

Irving Penn, Jean Patchett, 1950
Irving Penn, “Jean Patchett,” 1950

 

Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761–1818) Self-Portrait ca. 1783
Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761–1818) “Self-Portrait” ca. 1783

 

Lewis Hine, Paris Gamin, 1918
Lewis Hine, “Paris Gamin,” 1918

 

Angola Bronzino, Portrait of Maria de' Medici, 1553
Angola Bronzino, “Portrait of Maria de’ Medici,” 1553

 

Roy Lichtenstein, “Hopeless,” 1963
Roy Lichtenstein, “Hopeless,” 1963

 

James Nares, “Bystander,” iridescent pigment and wax on linen, 80 x54 in. 2010
James Nares, “Bystander,” iridescent pigment and wax on linen, 80 x54 in. 2010

 

Iris Van Herpen, Fall Collection, 2015
Iris Van Herpen, Fall Collection, 2015

 

Brilliant poster for “Eyes Without a Face,” 1960.
Eye-catching poster for an obscure but wonderful film,“Eyes Without a Face,” 1960.

 

“A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.” —Lana Turner
“A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.”
—Lana Turner

 

Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Olga, 1921
Pablo Picasso, “Portrait of Olga,” 1921

 

George Seeley, Untitled (Winter Landscape) 1909 gum bichromate print 17 x 21
George Seeley, “Untitled (Winter Landscape)” 1909 gum bichromate print 17 x 21

 

Tobi Kahn, MAZI, 1986, Acrylic on canvas over wood, 59 x 83 inches
Tobi Kahn, “MAZI,” 1986, Acrylic on canvas over wood, 59 x 83 inches

 

Arthur Dove, Clouds, oil and sandpaper on zinc, 1927
Arthur Dove, “Clouds,” oil and sandpaper on zinc, 1927

 

Harry Callahan, Cuzco, Peru, 1974
Harry Callahan, “Cuzco, Peru,” 1974

 

The Big Heat, 1953

Lee Marvin and Gloria Grahame, The Big Heat, Screenplay by Sydney Bohm, 1953
Lee Marvin and Gloria Grahame, The Big Heat, Screenplay by Sydney Bohm, 1953

 

Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916) “Interior of Courtyard, Strandgade 30 Object typePainting Date 1899 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions Height: 660 mm (25.98 in). Width: 470 mm (18.5 in).
Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916) “Interior of Courtyard, Strandgade 30,” 1899, oil on canvas, height: 25.98 in. width: 18.5 in.

 

Edward Hopper, Rooms by the Sea, 1951
Edward Hopper, “Rooms by the Sea,” 1951

 

Yigal Ozeri, Untitled, Territory, 2012 , Oil on paper, 60 x 90 inches
Yigal Ozeri, “Untitled, Territory,” 2012 , Oil on paper, 60 x 90 inches

 

Ariel Chaim wishes all our friends and relatives a happy and peaceful Shabbat.
Ariel Chaim wishes all our friends and relatives a happy and peaceful Shabbat.

 

Ed Ruscha, The End #1, 1998/2007. Silver-halide film laminated to glass, 27.3 x 34.9 cm.
Ed Ruscha, “The End #1,” 1998/2007. Silver-halide film laminated to glass, 27.3 x 34.9 cm.

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  1. Love your picture of the Rebbe. If Richard Avedon had made it it wouldn’t have been any better.

    Loved the quotes by Billy Wilder and Lauren Bacall. A lament women have uttered though the ages 😉

    A bit of trivia probably of no interest to anyone but me – my father was classmates of Lana Turner at Hollywood High.

    Like Pablo Picasso’s Portrait of Olga – first Picasso I have seen that – well, most of them are pretty far out for me.

  2. Robert, could you please delete my comment? I didn’t remember the Lee Marvin interview as being quite that profane, but after revisiting it …
    Thank you.

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