JF Ptak Science Books: "Damaged Glob" and ElectroLux Found Word Art, 1883-1920

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"Damaged Glob" and ElectroLux Found Word Art, 1883-1920

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Not much to say on these images--they're just terribly neat. There seems to be a sensible amount of proto-Dadist material here, extolling distant observation, attracting and repelling the reader with its distracting possibilities, all ending with an upside-down "Earl". At the very least, these images are "pretty".

Walker Evans. Salon, West Virginia, 1935

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