The “Lighthearted Pink Elephant Cake” with a real Champagne bottle in the center - Happy New Year! from Cake & Food Decorating by Wilton 1970/71
Joan Levinson
"Anna Pavlova’s feet were famously arched and tapered, yet her shoes have much less pronounced blocks for the toes than any modern ballerina would employ. She was the most world-renowned ballerina with the most world-renowned feet — but her shoes make us marvel at the strength those slender feet must have had. (This pair is thought to have been made in the 1920s, a decade when she traveled the globe.) They also have a remarkable amount of side stitching. We can only speculate what support this gave her."
—alastair macaulay on anna pavlova's pointe shoes for the new york times
Ilona Staller aka Cicciolina in "Cicciolina amore mio" (dir. Amasi Damiani, Bruno Mattei - 1979).
Squidolus [Day:789 Hour:12]
Bronze Doré Pink Enamel Guilloche Vanity Set with Hand-Painted Portraits on Ivory.
“Although the paintings appear to be signed, none of the signatures are distinguishable. And although I cannot find the French stamp on the pieces, I am sure it originated from France as it is made like others I have had over the years and I purchased it as such.”
A long forgotten illegal strip club in the mountains in a small 1970s Japanese resort town.
Monika Marchewka (Polish, b. 1988)
Dream, 2022
Oil on canvas