Category: Artworks

Plate XXXIV lays out a careful inventory of surgical instruments associated with external urethrotomy and prostatectomy, presented with the crisp, instructional clarity of a medical atlas. Long, slender shafts, curved tips, and adjustable fittings are arranged across the page like a technician’s toolkit, each form drawn to emphasize function over flourish. The overall effect is…

A patient lies with his head turned slightly as a surgeon’s gloved hands steady the eyelids with a metal speculum, keeping the eye open for a delicate cataract operation. The close framing draws attention to the tools—fine forceps and a slender instrument poised at the corner of the eye—while the patient’s tense brow and partially…

Playful handwriting spirals across the page like a message caught mid-motion, surrounded by bright splashes of watercolor and small, childlike drawings. The title, “Edith Schloss to Philip and Dorothy Pearlstein, 1981,” frames the sheet as more than a casual note: it reads as an intimate piece of mail-art, where correspondence and artwork become the same…

“Dear David—” opens a lively, handwritten page where Moses Soyer turns a simple letter into something closer to a sketchbook. The text sprawls in bold, uneven lines across paper marked by painterly washes and smudged tones, giving the note the immediacy of a studio table rather than a formal correspondence. Even without a visible envelope…

Bold lettering—“Pèl & Ploma”—spans the top of this 1899 cover, with “Barcelona 26 d’Agost de 1899” printed above like a quiet timestamp from the fin de siècle. The aged paper tone and crisp typography evoke a magazine or illustrated periodical intended to be handled, read, and passed along, complete with its issue number and a…

Bold lettering announces the Real Automóvil Club de Cataluña, while a stylish figure in a feathered hat and sweeping coat commands the foreground like a symbol of modern confidence. The poster’s warm, painterly palette—olive, gold, and deep red—pairs elegance with speed, hinting at the glamour that early motoring culture liked to project. Even without a…

Bold lettering screams “IS THIS TOMORROW” across a yellow sky, while flames curl up around a battered American flag—an instantly legible warning shot from mid‑century political art. The cover’s palette and brushy, urgent type mimic alarm and motion, pulling the eye from the title down into the chaos below. Even before a single page is…

Poised above a curling wrought-iron railing, a young woman lifts her arms in a gesture that feels part dance, part daydream. Her slender silhouette is set off by a flowing skirt in warm reds and pinks, while a pale blouse edged with a deeper ruffle draws the eye to the long line of her neck.…

Madame O’Deril, rendered in 1930, leans into the era’s taste for glamour with a poised three-quarter pose and a faraway, luminous gaze. Soft, blended brushwork turns the background into a misty stage, letting her pale skin and carefully modeled features take the spotlight. The rosy lips, arched brows, and neatly waved hair read as unmistakably…

Sunlight filters through a canopy of leaves as elegant figures drift along a garden path, their pale dresses catching the brightness against deep greens. One woman pauses at the edge of the walkway, turned toward flowering shrubs, while another sits low with a parasol tilted to soften the glare. Bouquets of fresh blooms punctuate the…