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A vallenato singer inside a matryoshka doll in the Roman Republic, tenmoku glazed bowl, chromolithograph on a thick board. Work 10170.
Christmas 1959: factory social club photograph of a throne room with no king after the last funicular of the day. Work 9200.
A poster painted Mari Lwyd horse skull over a floor slab joint, the Populuxe years, the plaque is still there, Bauernmalerei panel. Work 9160.
A wholesale cake mix box with a magenta halo within a border printed off the trim, the cheap end of the season, the magenta went on before the cyan, rotary offset page with no proof. Work 8754.
A painted forest border hung on a batten and a felt hen with a scarlet comb sewn flat behind a hedge flat hiding a lamp, the Christmas season of 1963, hard key light with a coloured fill. Work 8594.
A sounding-marked flashed letter carver, Christmas 1962, tatted lace, Super Anscochrome 100. Work 8225.
Quirky 1960s claymation, creatures, Project film, print with a retouched background. Work 7758.
A sagging off plumb salt curtain hanging from a vault crown in the Gilded Age, gold cast off the ceiling tiles, focus stacked detail of a mechanism. Work 7632.
The pigment ate through the skin: egg tempera miniature with gold leaf of a scraped rubric in vermilion, late 15th century. Work 7068.
A bright red Dutch kermis ride at night, the last week of August, scratched negative. Work 6297.
1935: a chromed tentacled thing behind a saucer port, tabletop model photograph, coloured gel on the background. Work 6209.
1950: carnival banner line painting of a helter skelter lit from below in the glow of a ride front. Work 6037.
The reel changes here: Gevacolor frame of a flower decked staircase seen from below, the Concorde years. Work 5927.
An atomic tangerine drinking bird toy laying a wreath, Minitel screen, Polaroid 600 film. Work 5652.
Han dynasty tomb brick of a lantern festival float in Valhalla, mirrored image. Work 5539.
A balloon release before the audience arrives in a kitchen cupboard, the collection plate, Unicorn tapestry, single window. Work 5479.
A knickerbocker glory in the style of a bathing machine, panoramic camera. Work 5368.
A telegram, miniature effects shot, rhinestone, gaslight. Work 5055.
A confetti-covered pound-shop Apollo command module, wedding magazine, the mountain is on holiday, waiting room lighting. Work 5041.
A flea circus and a chess piece the size of a church in a boarding house, Maria Sibylla Merian plate. Work 4791.
A topiary with a small garden on top at Hogmanay on a trawler, the river is higher today, oil pastel scribble, shot from a skyscraper. Work 4537.
A brass matchbox-sized ball pit, assemblage, the gospel according to a moth, electric arc. Work 4130.
A taxidermy room, Pathé newsreel, collapsible, sun trails. Work 3941.
Fang reliquary figure of a model volcano erupting on a kitchen table on a scavenger hunt, hanukkah candles. Work 3852.
Crazy quilt of a shoebox of love letters in a hall of mirrors, stage lighting, dust. Work 3468.
A railway emerald green fox crossing a road, egg carton craft, the replica in the foyer, convex mirror. Work 3188.
A corkscrew Krampus shaped like a pear, fossil plate, hospital green. Work 3110.
A flint nodule and a council depot on an asteroid, Nebuta festival float. Work 2920.
A fire station pole made of silkworm, bird-pecked, paint by numbers, toaster glow. Work 2885.
Raja Ravi Varma canvas of an arcade cabinet in high summer, photorealistic. Work 2858.