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Artist Elizabeth Catlett, who said the purpose of her art was to “present black people in their beauty and dignity for ourselves and others to understand and enjoy,” was born on this day in 1915.
[Elizabeth Catlett. Sharecropper. 1952, published 1968-70. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2016 José Sanchez / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VEGAP, Spain]
Kyrgyz embroidery fragment, Nomads tribal textiles. Silk embroidery on silk velvet, early 20th c. Central Asia.
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A color wheel from a handy dandy book published in 1864 to help painters, textile designers, decorators, gardeners and more color match.
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Georgia Gruzia GE - State Emblems and Flags of the Soviet Republics (1967), Vintage postcard USSR, traditional folk pattern ornament by SovietPostcards Buy here: http://ift.tt/1SFvxSv
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‘A Phantasy.’
Black and white illustration for ‘The Yellow Book’ (October 1896) by Patten Wilson (1869 - 1934). Published by Elkin Mathews & John Lane.
Brigham Young University-Idaho
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‘So the wind drove us on to the cavern of gloom….’
Black and white illustration for ‘The Yellow Book’ (October 1896) by Patten Wilson (1869 - 1934). Published by Elkin Mathews & John Lane.
Brigham Young University-Idaho
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