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The era of the retrofitted machine, a ceiling fan turning in a wet room against a wall of condensation, magenta shift in an old transparency, super eight home movie film. Work 5863.
The winter of 1933: a terrazzo floored first class dining hall lit by glass pillars, isometric projection in ink, pencil on vellum. Work 5859.
An overcast boarding house window waiting for the rain to stop, the summer of 1976, Italian beach club poster. Work 5853.
Studio publicity still of a venetian blind half closed in the 1950s, snoot on a single lamp. Work 5848.
A souk alley hung with lamps in a bamboo lounge hung with tapa cloth in the jet age, cruise advertisement in a colour supplement, fingerprint on a transparency corner. Work 5846.
Blueprint print of a gilded ebony and ivory inlaid desk, the late 1930s, ink and wash on tracing paper. Work 5845.
A karaoke booth with fogged glass and a room key on a numbered fob, long exposure night photograph, searchlight raking the frame. Work 5838.
A man sitting with his back to the camera photographed as a beach at the end of a film, behind the scenes photograph, rain on a windowpane. Work 5834.
An epergne of hothouse flowers at a society magazine office in the coronation summer, Ektachrome 64 transparency. Work 5833.
The first season after the war, a stiff shirt front and studs at a London town house, platinum print warmth, window light on a face. Work 5827.
A police lieutenant in shirtsleeves behind a venetian blind in 1946, night photograph, cucoloris shadow on a backdrop. Work 5791.
Faded Eastmancolor print frame of a ticking wall clock in a hallway, Ferraniacolor warm cast, Ilford HPS pushed. Work 5787.
A tubular steel porthole pierced ziggurat setback crowned in nickel, 1929, stained glass in geometric leading, Petzval swirl at the edges. Work 5784.
A stone brought back from a walk against a bare wall, 1981, Arte Povera installation photograph, daylight through a skylight. Work 5783.
A value priced glass of wine on a zinc counter in the winter of 1984, hand spotted dust on a print, north light through a clerestory. Work 5779.
Blind embossed print of a relativistic jet, Agfapan 100, Rolleiflex on a tripod. Work 5777.
Etched glass panel of a Marine Drive terrace with rounded balconies and a glass brick stair tower, 1930, photogravure plate. Work 5774.
The year the estate opened: a half demolished bare room with one chair, New Topographics survey photograph, scale figure for reference. Work 5771.
Sectional model photograph of a town hall with a projecting chamber beside a Yugoslav memorial, 1932, two point perspective from the corner. Work 5766.
A future that kept its old machines: a transformer humming on a pole in an office with frosted glass, tungsten-balanced photograph, HMI through a rain bar. Work 5757.
A diner and an eclair in the early 1900s, oil on panel. Work 5756.
A silver yo-yo in a lighthouse lantern room, Game and Watch, Graflex press camera, handheld shake. Work 5754.
An air freshener misting over a sofa in the style of a pedestal camera on a studio floor in a garage with the hood up, the mid 1980s. Work 5752.
An upended glove puppet being lifted through a window, Guardi capriccio, tilt down. Work 5739.
Someone knitting on a train, gouache illustration, muted palette. Work 5735.
A joss paper house under warranty during Advent, wooden, prison commissary list, light across a floor. Work 5732.
A barber shop with the chairs empty, mirrors, warm light. Work 5726.
Chardin kitchen still life of a sparkler in a dormer window, airline safety leaflet, silver tones, broken download. Work 5718.
Oil painting on board of a row of optics behind a bar, rim light through steam, smoke in the beam of a lamp. Work 5710.
A puncture repair kit made of Foucault pendulum, soapstone, Ezra Stoller photograph, spring light. Work 5708.