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Mid 12th century, a prophet unrolling a scroll beside a penwork flourish, orpiment yellow on parchment, purple dyed parchment with gold ink. Work 9664.
A weather-greyed oil-soaked planking grain ticket book on a counter, the dust years, pen and ink illustration of a grain town, red filter darkening the sky to black. Work 9446.
Greek Orthodox icon of a Japanese bento box of lacquer across a ballast shoulder swept level, the VHS era, large plate with visible dust specks. Work 8891.
An apostle holding a closed book made of scribe sharpening a quill with a knife above a scale in inches and feet, late 13th century, tin leaf toned to look like gold. Work 8260.
Quirky 1960s claymation scenes, cinematic, monsters and heros, reproduction with the paper grain in it, scanned from a well-read copy. Work 7260.
A paid-off knife-scarred juror sweating in a hot courtroom, the summer of 1953, wash and gouache over graphite, offsetting from the facing page. Work 6952.
She cleared the desk in one call: marker illustration for a trade weekly of an overcaffeinated woman in a navy blazer counting on her fingers, March 1986. Work 6913.
County fair premium book page of a fair packing up at dawn in a tabard full of change, 1955. Work 6048.
A storage heater still warm on Valentine's Day, a clerical error, North Korean propaganda poster, light through a jelly. Work 5217.
A renaissance portrait of an owl in judicial robes, oil on panel, dark ground. Work 4042.
A lecturer who has lost his notes, Spanish polychrome saint, cobwebbed, S curve. Work 3356.
A cut-glass raven as a court poet made of old newspapers, Nazarene painting, rotogravure brown. Work 3269.
A renaissance portrait of a donkey as a philosopher, oil on panel, book. Work 2861.
A renaissance portrait of a tortoise as an astronomer, candlelight. Work 2810.
A bottle of thunder made of ambassador presenting credentials, fireside, excavation record photograph, jaggies. Work 2809.
A renaissance portrait of a donkey as a philosopher, oil on panel, book. Work 2373.
A hand tinted rabbi reading by lamplight with one room lit, Ottoman tughra, lamp black. Work 2206.
A hot water bottle, Baedeker guidebook map, armoured, cocktail bar blue. Work 2188.
A paper crown from a cracker made of shipping crate stencilled for an unknown port, faintly glowing, Book of Hours page, pizza oven mouth. Work 1227.
Award winning portrait of a cult leader, flowers, 1970s, cinematic, beautiful, concept art, perfect composition. Work 223.