—Jean Harlow
by Bartolomeo Veneto (1502 – 1555)
oil on panel
Height: 33.3 ″ (84.7 cm); Width: 26.6 ″ (67.6 cm)
University Avenue, Toronto, 2016
—Dirk Bogarde
Screenplay by Ben Maddow, John Huston
Based on The Asphalt Jungle, 1949 novel by W. R. Burnett.
Takaishima, Biwa Lake, Shiga Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, 2007
Tennis Player, 1929
110 × 95,5 cm
Hill and Houses, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, 1927
Watercolor over graphite pencil on paper
Sheet: 34.4 x 49.5 cm (13 9/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
—Marilyn Monroe, My Story
Photo by Andre de Dienes, 1949
Russian Girl with Compact, 1928. Oil on panel, 31.7 x 40 cm. Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. Photo: Städel Museum – Artothek. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018.
Nice pictures! That ’51 Chevy looks stylish today. I’ll bet you’d notice the difference in driving qualities.
When I think of Kim Novak I think of her fire at her home in Oregon and losing all of that movie memorabilia.
BTW a sign you are getting older:
Me, last summer at a rustic restaurant at Big Sur speaking to my server:
“You know, Kim Novak used to live here”
“Kim who?”
Another nice edition,Robert.
I am interested in Jean Harlow. Only 26 when she died, but she had been married 3 times and was in a relationship with William Powell when she died. I wonder what would have happened had she lived. I also wonder about the supposed suicide of her second husband…
I marvel at the Veneto painting. While I am not overly taken by the subject of the painting, I am amazed by the detail of his brushwork. Laserstein was also quite talented and you know my fondness for Hopper’s artwork.
I’m wondering if anyone knows about the facial painting… what is the significance?
Marilyn is attractive, but Novak still does it for me.