Pinar Yolacan

From the incredible Maria series by Pinar Yolacan, using fabric, placenta and other animal parts. Visit www.rivingtonarms.com for more of her work.
Pinar Yolacan, Untitled (PYM22.22), 2007, C-print, 40" x 30", edition of 6, ©Pinar Yolacan
Pinar Yolacan, Untitled (PYM7.22), 2007, C-print, 40" x 30", edition of 6, ©Pinar Yolacan
Pinar Yolacan, Untitled (PYM10.22), 2007, C-print, 40" x 30", edition of 6, ©Pinar Yolacan
Pinar Yolacan, Untitled (PYM14.22), 2007, C-print, 40" x 30", edition of 6, ©Pinar Yolacan
Pinar Yolacan, Untitled (PYM15.22), 2007, C-print, 40" x 30", edition of 6, ©Pinar Yolacan
Pinar Yolacan, Untitled (PYM12.22), 2007, C-print, 40" x 30", edition of 6, ©Pinar Yolacan
Pinar Yolacan, Untitled (PYM6.22), 2007, C-print, 40" x 30", edition of 6, ©Pinar Yolacan

The Shakers

Images from top to bottom:
Shaker Sisters at service with Cora Sarle, Front row on Right with Bible; 1949, photograph, courtesy of willishenry.com
Carrier; pine and hickory, natural finish, lap and nail construction; courtesy of willishenry.com
Small dipper; maple and pine, natural patina, turned handle, copper tacks; courtesy of willishenry.com
Wool basket; twisted wire, maple slats and handles, poplar two-board oval bottom,
Paper and cloth cutout patterns of a cat and owl, and miniature bonnet patterns; in green silk and old postcards, courtesy of willishenry.com
Bread cutter; wrought iron, turned cherry wood handle; New Lebanon, NY; courtesy of willishenry.com
Basket; black ash, cane; Mt. Lebanon, NY; courtesy of willishenry.com
Hangers; maple, pine and birch, natural finish, flat, round and carved rectangular; courtesy of willishenry.com
Triangular pine, boxed cast iron bellows-operated sprayer, leather, wood with cherry knob, fitted box; courtesy of willishenry.com

Ribbons and Things

From top to bottom, images courtesy of:
vintageverity.wordpress.com; Jean Jacques Henner, Portrait of a Young Girl with a Bow in Her Hair, upload.wikimedia.org; Chanel Book, farm3.static.flickr.com, farm4.static.flickr.com; unknown source

Southern Africa's Rocks

All images from the Desmond Sacco Collection, courtesy of dessaccominerals.co.za/picinfo.htm

A Charm Invests a Face

Images from top to bottom:
Thomas Gainsborough, Anne Duchess of Cumberland, c. 1780, oil on canvas, courtesy of liverpoolmuseums.org.uk; Jerzy Faczynski, Self Portrait, c.1940, courtesy of bp3.blogger.com; Formal Portrait of Alice Webley Folland Swensen, c.1940s, courtesy of folland-webley.org; Portrait of Giuditta Pasta (included in Joseph Cornell's Giuditta Pasta Dossier 1940s-1960s), courtesy of Tate.org.uk; Eric Gill A.R.A., Portrait of Donald Attwater, 1929, courtesy of christies.com

Suits, Zoots, El Pachuco y La Pachuca

From top to bottom, images courtesy of:
squareamerica.com; oldmemorieslosangeles.us; impawards.com; i117.photobucket.com; Tortora and Eubank. Survey of Historic Costume. NY: Fairchild, 2005; n64genius.tripod.com.

Oh Afghan, Dog of my Dreams

From top to bottom, images courtesy of:
allposters.com, wikimedia.com, gotpetsonline.com, afghanhound911.com

TWOS

From top to bottom, images courtesy of:

squareamerica.com, farm1.static.flickr.com