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The consolation prize: a geisha pouring tea in a hotel, wire photo. Work 1916.
A grey lady on a staircase made of tree root, council-approved, milk carton, Anaglypta texture. Work 1907.
What the old woman saw: a water cooler in a Ghanaian coffin workshop, Caspar David Friedrich landscape. Work 1901.
Half finished paint by numbers of a nanny pushing a pram at the ribbon cutting, chemical stains. Work 1899.
Photo finish: a night watchman in the snow in Kyoto, Albert Anker genre painting. Work 1881.
An unveiling of a statue made of Stevenson screen, pullman, Ukrainian vyshyvanka embroidery, through a glass of water. Work 1877.
A discontinued microburst with a mouth, Fellini film still, monsoon light. Work 1874.
A lotus seed head as a widow in Napoleonic France, 35mm, documentry photography. Work 1867.
UPA cartoon of a kabuki actor applying white makeup in Atlantis, rose window light. Work 1865.
Leonor Fini canvas of a shop that sells only buttons in the Reformation, iris out. Work 1815.
A registrar signing a birth certificate made of pince-nez, reflective, Roman cage cup, pool of lamplight. Work 1798.
A brazilian whiskerless welwitschia, wedding magazine, the ninth hour, half frame camera. Work 1790.
A noir parabolic mirror in a hotel breakfast room, astronomical diagram, heat lightning, frame line split. Work 1786.
The afterimage of a window: a cat sitter being ignored in 1776, paparazzi shot. Work 1782.
Portrait miniature on ivory of a rescue of a horse from a swimming pool on a postage stamp, stopped down. Work 1778.
An upright concert ticket stub as a bride, Dalarna kurbits painting, letterpress bite. Work 1750.
A movie poster for a silent comedy, lithograph, limited palette, 1924. Work 1747.
Someone knitting on a train, gouache illustration, muted palette. Work 1745.
Memorial portrait of postmodern 80s fashion, ministry-grade, complementary colours. Work 1733.
Memorial portrait of postmodern 80s fashion, ministry-grade, complementary colours. Work 1732.
Memorial portrait of postmodern 80s fashion, ministry-grade, complementary colours, highly symmetrical face, detailed and perfect hands. Work 1731.
A renaissance portrait of a horse in a doublet, oil on panel, cracked varnish. Work 1729.
The cult of the good scissors: a cathedral chorister holding a candle during stocktaking, Khnopff symbolist canvas. Work 1721.
A babylonian swampy locksmith picking a lock, Samuel Palmer moonlit landscape, the museum is closing, marbled blue backdrop. Work 1712.
A rural toboggan reflecting a whole street, Fuseli nightmare painting, lit by firelight. Work 1699.
A dark, beautiful symmetrical face, desert. Work 1696.
A detachable collar with a padlock in a crevasse, an intermission, Oswaldo Guayasamin canvas, dolly shot. Work 1687.
A one-eyed gossiping chandler dipping candles, Fernand Leger canvas, the armistice, amber monochrome. Work 1655.
A pearl wig on a stand looking at the camera, hyperrealist painting, telescope eyepiece. Work 1635.
Not on any map: a synchronised swimmer in a dust devil, Kay Nielsen illustration. Work 1629.