A Fool There Was

Photograph of several figures sitting at table in garden and signatures below as labels.

Geneviève Straus Sitting with Proust et al.

At the house of salonnière Geneviève Straus in Clos des Mûnieres, Trouville, Normandy, 1893. Sitting (from left) are Marcel Proust, Louis Ganderax, and Straus. Standing (from left) are an unidentified…

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Photograph depicting young boy outdoors leaning on set of stairs looking up while small dog sits on sidewalk next to stair wall.

New York, 1979

Levitt was best known for her black-and-white photographs of children at play, often found in doorways or on stoops, in New York City. It is far less known that she was also a pioneer of color…

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Stone decorated with animals, two figures with hands bound, and floating bodies, cracked on top.

Battlefield with Prisoners and Corpses, on Egyptian Palette

Battlefield with prisoners and corpses, on Egyptian cosmetic palette, ca. 3100 BCE. The scene includes bound prisoners being led off and corpses being eaten by vultures, ravens, and a lion. Burial was…

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