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#TwoForTuesday

#TwoForTuesday:
Lowell Nesbitt (USA, 1933-1993)
Pink #Cockatoo with Orchid, 1980
Black Cockatoo with Orchid, 1980
Oil on canvas, 92 x 72 cm ea.
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/search/?keyword=Lowell%20nesbitt%20cockatoo&sort=-relevance&status=archive
#BirdsInArt #Parrots

#TwoForTuesday:
#Serpent Belts
Kenneth Jay Lane, 1970s
L 54 in. (137 cm) & 59 in. (149.9 cm)
From Christie’s 2017 “Audrey Hepburn: The Personal Collection” auction
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6100092
https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/audrey-hepburn-personal-collection/serpent-belt-487/47326
#Snakes

official auction photo of serpent belt #1 on white background “Set with pastes to the body, the gilt head with paste flower to skull” (silver body, gold head & tail)

official auction photo of serpent belt #2 on white background “The body set with turquoise, gilt, and faux-pearl beads, the head gilt with a paste forehead” (turquoise/gold/pearl striped body, gold head & tail)

#TwoForTuesday & #TigerTuesday 🐅🐅:
Inagaki Toshijiro 稲垣稔二郎 (Japan, 1902-1963)
Two #Tigers, 1950s
Woodblock print
https://ukiyo-e.org/image/artelino/48475g1
#JapaneseArt

Color woodblock print in brown, black, red on off-white “Semi abstract depiction of two tiger cubs. Toshijiro was a famous kimono designer. He received the highest honor as artist, Intangible Cultural Property, from Japanese government in 1962. He designed only handful of woodblock prints in the 1950s.”

#TwoForTuesday:
“A pair of aubergine #elephants”
China (for export market), Qing Dynasty, 1st quarter 19th c.
Porcelain, L 10 in. (25.4 cm) ea.
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5400756
#ChineseArt

official auction photo of the elephant figures on white background “The beasts standing foursquare, their wrinkly hides a glossy deep purple and their ears, tusks and toes glazed a creamy white”

#TwoForTuesday #TurtleTuesday 🐢🐢:
Matsuda Sukenaga (Japan, 1800–1871)
Netsuke: #Turtle and young
Takayama, Hida Province; Edo period, 19th c.
Wood, W 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.)
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/24152/lot/9/a-wood-netsuke-of-a-turtle-and-young-by-matsuda-sukenaga-takayama-hida-province-edo-period-1615-1868-19th-century-48cm-1-78in-wide/
#JapaneseArt

"A wood netsuke of a turtle and young: The former resting, its head emerging from its shell and turned to the left while its offspring clambers diagonally across its back, the wood slightly worn and of a good colour, the eyes inlaid; signed Sukenaga."

#TwoForTuesday:
Noserings (w/ #crustaceans)
Mochica (Moche) culture, Peru, Early Intermediate (200-600 CE) / Origin: Huaca Cao Viejo
Bimetallic gold & silver w/ inlaid shell & stone eyes
El Brujo Archaeological Complex EBBME00000-13,20
#IndigenousArt #AndeanArt #PeruvianArt
https://www.elbrujo.pe/catalogo/?paginate=1&cultural=1&material=7&objeto=41

"This bimetallic nose ornament, crafted from gold and silver, features two distinct sections due to the symmetry employed in its manufacture. One section, made of silver, displays two zoomorphic designs (prawns) positioned dorsally, facing each other, towards the middle and inner part of the object. The design surrounding these zoomorphic elements, crafted from gold, depicts a two-headed zoomorphic creature with a row of 17 sequins hanging along its body, attached mechanically. The object was created using repoussé and openwork techniques. Malacological elements are inlaid in the eye areas of these creatures. The piece has a polished finish."

#ToucanTuesday #TwoForTuesday:
South America ( #Toucans ), c.1958 Vintage travel poster for SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System) with artwork by Otto Nielsen (Denmark, 1916-2000)
Printed in Denmark by Offset Axel Andreasen & Sönner Copenhagen; 99 x 60.5 cm
https://www.bukowskis.com/en/lots/1404605-otto-nielsen-a-vintage-poster-south-america-by-sas-scandinavian-airlines-system-circa-1958
#BirdsInArt

vintage airline travel poster, with a painting of a pair of Toco Toucans perched together in a lush jungle setting with a small white silhouette of a jet in the background bottom text: SOUTH AMERICA BY SAS SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM

#TwoForTuesday :
Dish with Two #Birds
Syria, 12th c.
glazed earthenware with enamel (Laqabi ware)
2 1/8 × 11 1/8 × 6 7/8 in. (5.4 × 28.3 × 17.5 cm)
Toledo Museum of Art 1941.24 https://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/56218/dish-with-two-birds
#BirdsInArt

“Stonepaste, carved, polychrome colors in transparent glaze. A wide dish with two birds floating amid arabesques. This technique (called Laqabi ware) attempts to stop color running under the glaze by containing the pigments within incised lines.” “Influenced by the trade of Chinese porcelain, this dish is made of stonepaste, also known as fritware, a material introduced into Syria by Egyptian craftsmen in the late 11th century. The white body consists primarily of sand (quartz) with small amounts of frit (crushed glass) and clay. Islam, especially the text called the Hadith (Sayings of the Prophet), prohibits figural imagery in religious spaces and art, although secular and courtly arts of the Islamic world, like this dish, are not similarly restricted.”

#TwoForTuesday:
TWO CLOISONNE ENAMEL 'TWIN #FISH' VASES
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)
H 11 in. (28 cm)
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6483424
#ChineseArt

“Each vase cast as two entwined fish supported on their tails, open mouths forming the aperture of each vase, one with black and white body, the other with red and white body, heads and tails colourfully decorated with polychrome speckles and bands, the scales finely detailed in gilt”

#ToucanTuesday / #TwoForTuesday :

Hunt Slonem (USA, b. 1951)

Toco #Toucans, c.2001
Oil on canvas, 108 by 107 in. (274.3 by 271.8 cm)
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/contemporary-discoveries-2/toco-toucans

Uma, 1989
Oil on canvas, 72 x 84 in. (182.9 x 213.4 cm)
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5646239
(🆔: Keel-Billed Toucan)

large canvas by Hunt Slonem, frame filled with toco toucans (mostly seen as just heads and beaks in side profiles), black and white with yellow-orange eyes and bills, against red background

large canvas by Hunt Slonem, frame filled with keel-billed toucans (mostly seen as just heads and beaks in side profiles), black with yellow and red bodies, blue eye rings, multi-colored “rainbow” beaks, against blue background

#TwoForTuesday :
Chalcedony double-carp snuff bottle
China, Qing dynasty, 1820–1880
Carved chalcedony with glass
h. with stoppers 7.2 cm, diam. 5.5 cm (2 13/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Princeton University Art Museum y1936-675 https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/20574
#ChineseArt #Fish

The Ministry of Truth by Dorian Lynskey

1984 by George Orwell

#TwoForTuesday :
Karel Dujardin (Dutch, 1622–1678)
The #Dog and the #Cat, c.1641–78
Etching; 2nd state of 2
Sheet: 2 15/16 × 3 1/4 in. (7.4 × 8.2 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art 2024.317.13 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/905156
#CatsInArt #DogsInArt

monochrome black and white etching print, curled up cat (left) and recumbent dog (right) sleeping side by side, white floor and black background

Bonus #TwoForTuesday :
Elizabeth Norton (USA, 1887-1985) Two #Parrots (Cockatoos), 1922
Woodblock print, H 6.5 x W 4.5 in.
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/elizabeth-norton-woodblock-two-parrots-1922-737-c-8774bfca8a
#BirdsInArt #WomenArtists

color woodblock print of a pair of white cockatoos with yellow crests sitting together on a horizontal perch, great background; signed and dated in pencil along bottom margin

#TwoForTuesday :
Elizabeth Norton (USA, 1887-1985)
Blue Macaw, 1928
Color woodcut on tissue-thin Japan paper, 245x130 mm / 9⅝x5⅛ in.
Red Macaw, 1928
Color woodcut on tissue-thin Japan paper, 243x130 mm / 9½x5⅛ in.
https://www.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/elizabeth-norton-1887-1985-two-color-woodcuts._f4a454ca7b
#BirdsInArt #Parrots #WomenArtists

Blue Macaw, on tissue-thin Japan paper, 1928. 245x130 mm; 9⅝x5⅛ inches, wide margins. Signed, titled, dated, numbered 27/100 and inscribed in pencil, lower margin.

Red Macaw, on tissue-thin Japan paper, 1928. 243x130 mm; 9½x5⅛ inches, wide margins. Signed, titled, dated, numbered 1/100 and inscribed in pencil, lower margin.

#TwoForTuesday
René Lalique (France 1860-1945)
Cygnes et Lotus Pendant c.1898-1900
Gold, Plique-à-jour & opaque enamel
https://www.musee-lalique.com/en/exhibit-month/cygnes-et-lotus-pendant/
#BirdsInArt #Swan #ArtNouveau
“The swan’s seemingly immobile movement gives it a uniquely indolent grace, earning it a privileged place in Lalique’s art, from the early days when he photographed these majestic creatures sailing in dreamlike fashion over the waters of the lake at Clairefontaine, the property he bought in the forest of Rambouillet in 1898.”

“AN EXQUISITE ART NOUVEAU ENAMEL PENDANT, BY RENE LALIQUE Depicting two sculpted white enamelled swans, the plumage enhanced by gold detail, within a blue plique-à-jour enamelled lake, with green enamelled foliage, to the scrolling swan neck motif forming the pendant hook, mounted in gold.” (description via Christie’s)

#TwoForTuesday:
Pair of Incense Boxes in the Shape of #Dog Charms
Japan, Edo period, c.1840
Porcelain w/ overglaze enamels (Minpei kilns)
H 1 3/4 in (4.4 cm); L 2 1/2 in (6.4 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art 23.225.6a,b & 23.225.7a,b
#DogsInArt #JapaneseArt
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45358
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45359

official museum photo of the pair of dog charm incense boxes, front view “Pairs of dog-shaped papier-mâché figures (inuhariko) were produced from the Heian period on as protective amulets. By the beginning of the Edo period, they were part of the traditional wedding set, used to ensure safe childbirth and also to protect the child's health. Initially, inuhariko pairs—male and female—were presented at the engagement ceremony; later, they had an important role in the wedding process as well—they were carried in the wedding palanquin as good luck amulets. Inuhariko can also be found in the shape of cats.”

official museum photo of the pair of dog charm incense boxes, back view “Pairs of dog-shaped papier-mâché figures (inuhariko) were produced from the Heian period on as protective amulets. By the beginning of the Edo period, they were part of the traditional wedding set, used to ensure safe childbirth and also to protect the child's health. Initially, inuhariko pairs—male and female—were presented at the engagement ceremony; later, they had an important role in the wedding process as well—they were carried in the wedding palanquin as good luck amulets. Inuhariko can also be found in the shape of cats.”

#TwoForTuesday :
Miguel Covarrubias (Mexico, 1904-1957)
1. Elefantes en la selva, c.1932
Oil on canvas
56.5 x 68.9 cm (22 1/4 x 27 1/8 in)
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/24610/lot/45/miguel-covarrubias-mexican-1904-1957-elefantes-en-la-selva/
#Elephants
2. Dentro de la selva tropical, n.d.
Oil on canvas
56 x 68.5 cm (22 x 27 in.)
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/15405/lot/1214/miguel-covarrubias-mexican-1904-1957-dentro-de-la-selva-tropical-22-x-27in-56-x-685cm/
#Monkeys

Painting of a troop of monkeys (appear to be stylized Colobinids) with black body fur, blue faces, and ring of white fur around heads - 4 adults, the one in center with two babies - sitting together on a tree in a lush tropical jungle landscape

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The Good Humor Man by Andrew Fox

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