
—Marilyn Monroe

Adolph Menzel (1815–1905)
My Sister Emily Sleeping
circa 1848
Oil on paper and canvas
Dimensions Height: 47 cm (18.5 in). Width: 60 cm (23.6 in).
Kunsthalle Hamburg

Near Milan, Northern Italy, April-May, 1959

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1596.
The figure of Judith is believed to be a self-portrait.

Off Duty Usherette
ca. 1954

1879
Oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)

Joel Shapiro (United States, New York, New York City, born 1941)
United States, 1981
Sculpture
Cherry wood, oil, and paint
55 x 28 1/2 x 31 in. (139.7 x 72.39 x 78.74 cm)

—Elizabeth Taylor

Breakfast of the Birds
1934
Oil on board
18 x 21 ¾ in

LA Public Library

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (the artist’s father) Painting a Portrait of his Wife.

Popular shoulder length hairstyle worn by teenagers.
1947

My Egypt
1927
Oil, fabricated chalk, and graphite pencil on composition board
35 15/16 × 30 in.

Screenplay by John Huston and W.R. Burnett
Based on High Sierra
by W.R. Burnett


—Henry Fonda

Lucky Strike, 1921
Oil on canvas

Iraqi Jewish Refugees Arrive at Lydda Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1951




Adam Tihany, Israeli, b. Transylvania, 1948
Manufacturer: Orfèvrerie Christofle
Paris, France, 2004
Silver plate: cast
Each: 8 × 2 1/8 × 3 in.


What’s the “My Egypt” painting about? Imprisonment? I don’t get it.
Silos filled with grain, as in the Yosef story.
Ah. Thanks!
Aaah, I’ve got my fix. The “Dirck Jacobsz”, now that looks like a fun married couple!
Fifty cents a minute? That’s the equivalent of $14 in today’s currency!
(I used a converter at .)
Have a good Shabbos.
Although I’m sure both are staged, the photos of Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor look very “natural”. I am puzzled by Gusky’s photo of the former Jewish house being used as a public restroom — beautiful doorway, but I was expecting this to be a World War II era photo, not from the last 20 years!
Finally, Marie Antoinette’s Breguet watch is a combination of precision engineering, impeccable design and artisan craftsmanship. Stunning and very expensive, I’m sure.
Thought provoking artwork as usual Robert! Seeing that picture of Elizabeth Taylor made me think that she never really had a normal childhood did she? Pampered Hollywood star from her early teens.
The picture of Dirck Jacobsz seems surprisingly contemporary and not 500 years old.
The B & W photo of Dirck Jacobsz seems a bit surrealistic. Maybe nit the best term but I like it for its lines, shading and simplicity.