
—Lauren Bacall

Torii and Crow in the Snow, 1910

From The 770: Lubavitch of Brooklyn series




Phenomena Maimonides Mantle, 1979
77 x 75 inches
acrylic on canvas

—Marlon Brando

Silver Teapot
Working Date: ca. 1782

Written by Dudley Nichols, Hagar Wilde
Based on Bringing Up Baby 1937 short story in Collier’s by Hagar Wilde

Portrait of Miss Dora Wheeler, ca, 1883. Oil on canvas, 62-1/2 x 65-1/2 inches. Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Boudinot Keith in Memory of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, November 17, 1921.

Phenomena Blue Held Over, 1975
acrylic on canvas 75 x 118 inches
Milwaukee Art Museum. Gift of Jane Bradley Pettit.

From the series Concentration Camps, 1989-2000. Stars of David, Westerbork.

Young Barbara Stanwyck (born Ruby Catherine Stevens) by Mitchell Studios NY, 1926. This portrait was taken the year that she changed her name while working as an actress on Broadway.

The Artist in His Studio
1865-66
Oil on paper mounted on panel, 63 x 46 cm
Art Institute, Chicago


c.1889
Pastel On Paper, Prepared With A Tan Ground, And Wrapped With Canvas Around A Wooden Strainer
48 x 48 in.

Phenomena Royal Violet Visitation
acrylic on canvas
14′ x 4 1/2′
1977

Anna May Wong, NY, 1930
Selenium Toned Silver Gelatin Print
10 × 8 in



Good stuff Robert, really good stuff.
Thanks so much.
RJ Wagner has an interesting story about Miss Stanwyck in one of his memoirs, both of which I have read.
Marilyn Monroe’s psychiatrist’s son was a classmate in medical school. Apparently she called him many times threatening suicide. She called him the night she died and he did not do anything. Crying wolf is dangerous.
I enjoy Friday Photos!
It really takes a special eye to see the “ordinary” – photograph it and it transforms into the surrealistic – as Ernst Haas and Rebecca Lepkoff did.
I enjoy your pictures of MM, pictures rarely seen by the public.
Barbara Stanwyck was a looker, wasn’t she?
Thank you again, Robert. After a chaotic morning of IT insanity, it is “leveling” to come to Seraphic Secret to read your Friday Photos.
– Lauren Bacall has a special sense of self. One not often found in the lime light of Hollywood!
– Frank Lloyd Wright was a genius. I like his designs, although they all seem similar to me.
– I was not familiar with Paul Jenkins. I like it a lot, but like Wright, they seem similar.
– I am continually amazed that Barbara Stanwyck was not always the white-haired, tough matriarch from The Big Valley… hubba-hubba 🙂
– I always enjoy your Silent Picture selection as well. Perhaps you missed an opportunity behind the camera!
Always enjoy the photos of your grandchildren. Have a wonderful Sabbath!