The mood board of my life. I like cats, science, art, ephemera, classic Hollywood, fashion, mysticism, oddities, and my home of New York City.
Pool Parlor, 1942
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917–2000)
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Jacob Lawrence: Pool Parlor (42.167) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Barton’s Bonbonniere better known as Barton’s Candy
Photo from Architectural Forum August 1952. New York City. Architect, Victor Gruen. Graphics consultant Alvin Lustig. Photo by Robert Damora.Source: flickr.com/photos/sandiv999 Via midcenturymodernfreak
Piet Mondriaan - Salon of Madame B. - Dresden Germany - 1923
nybg:
Victoria amazonica has been a long-running inspiration even beyond its botanical “wow” factor, not only for its structure but for its instant recognizability. Read more on it here, and check out the NYBG in summer when ours will be on display! —MN
Apparently Sir Joseph Paxton’s structural ideas for the Crystal Palace came from plants - and more specifically the Victoria Regia Lily pictured, which were later cultivated inside the palace.
This image comes from Delamotte’s Crystal Palace: A Victorian Pleasure Dome Revealed by Ian Leith.
New York, 1925 by Ralph Steiner
Georgia O’Keefe
The Bison Bar, Miles City, Montana
Photo by Sarah Leen, National Geographic, November 1994
Picasso, Constellation drawings, 1924.
Spring has sprung!
目 / Eye, 1975,, Saito Kiyoshi / 斎藤清. Japanese Woodblock Printmaker (1907 - 1997)
Fetish Indian Jewelry, Gallup, New Mexico; 2010 – John Humble (American, b.1944)
