The collection

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Dye transfer advertising print of a hand lettered shaker beaded with condensation, the mid 1960s, four colour halftone rosette. Work 5792.
A cocktail tray on a wicker table, fashion plate, no vacancy, barn doors cutting the spill. Work 5786.
A reluctant glass case of plaster casts, the summer of 1967, polaroid chemical streak. Work 5780.
The year the estate opened: a half demolished bare room with one chair, New Topographics survey photograph, scale figure for reference. Work 5771.
A crystal decanter catching the key light, tabletop product photograph, your throat will thank you, glycerine spray on cold glass. Work 5765.
A retrofitted noodle stall under a flickering tube, the decade after the blackout, environment concept painting, shot with Panavision C-series glass. Work 5764.
A projector aimed at a motel wall beside a stock pond, the mid 1970s. Work 5759.
A silver yo-yo in a lighthouse lantern room, Game and Watch, Graflex press camera, handheld shake. Work 5754.
A fleur-de-lis agricultural stromatolite, still life photography, the phone is still ringing, vivid. Work 5750.
A pipe organ's bellows and levers, tungsten light, set tables. Work 5747.
A mesa made of square dance caller, meiji era, Jozef Chelmonski canvas, candelabra. Work 5741.
A fennel umbel and a science fair in the age of the Silk Road, egg tempera. Work 5738.
Someone knitting on a train, gouache illustration, muted palette. Work 5735.
A wind-blown lifeguard chair with nobody in it, 1969, yellowed print emulsion. Work 5733.
An airfield with one aeroplane, kodachrome, heat shimmer. Work 5724.
A virus particle made of spy hole, standard lamp, emulsion peeling. Work 5711.
A lamp-lit telephone receiver off the hook caught in a headlight, 1944, fogged-up window photograph. Work 5700.
Jacques-Louis David canvas of a sofa left on a pavement in a rickshaw, tobacco tones. Work 5694.
A steak and kidney pie, anthotype, tax-exempt, Cooke lens. Work 5693.
An alpine ball boy crouching in freezing rain, Benin bronze plaque, seaside illuminations, Holga. Work 5680.
The sirens were a test: a bird bath inside a vending machine, Veronese banquet painting. Work 5678.
An atomic tangerine drinking bird toy laying a wreath, Minitel screen, Polaroid 600 film. Work 5652.
A great auk and a welding mask in the Inca empire, maki-e lacquer. Work 5646.
Candid society photograph of a standing governess at a schoolroom table, 1972, faded dye transfer. Work 5638.
An Easter jacobean traveller tied down by tiny people, Hindeloopen painted furniture, an anthem with no words, lens from a projector. Work 5634.
A forlorn impossible invention mowing the lawn, Greek black figure vase, melting film. Work 5633.
A spread of small portraits on a page with three feathers in her hair, the early 1930s, couture house photograph, sun through a striped awning. Work 5620.
A dog standing on its hind legs at a window, polaroid, faded. Work 5609.
A broke diner counter at three in the morning in the mid 1950s, silhouette against a lit wall, figure lit only from behind. Work 5602.
A motionless radar scope with an operator, 1967, hazy midday light. Work 5596.