Very interesting. Makes you wonder who the male model was? Because he seems larger-than-life. Was he the artist's father? And it's funny how the book looks like a toy in his hand.
Jodi, Isn't that how big you think your father is when you're a small girl or boy. And he is not only big - he knows everything that is worth knowing! I found a book on Gutenberg that might interest you: FORTY CENTURIES OF INK
OR
A CHRONOLOGICAL NARRATIVE CONCERNING INK AND ITS BACKGROUNDS
INTRODUCING INCIDENTAL OBSERVATIONS AND DEDUCTIONS, PARALLELS OF TIME AND COLOR PHENOMENA, BIBLIOGRAPHY, CHEMISTRY, POETICAL EFFUSIONS, CITATIONS, ANECDOTES AND CURIOSA TOGETHER WITH SOME EVIDENCE RESPECTING THE EVANESCENT CHARACTER OF MOST INKS OF TO-DAY AND AN EPITOME OF CHEMICO-LEGAL INK.
BY DAVID N. CARVALHO you find it at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1483
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Man reading to Girl, 2003 (detail)
Very interesting. Makes you wonder who the male model was? Because he seems larger-than-life. Was he the artist's father? And it's funny how the book looks like a toy in his hand.
SvaraRaderaJodi,
SvaraRaderaIsn't that how big you think your father is when you're a small girl or boy. And he is not only big - he knows everything that is worth knowing!
I found a book on Gutenberg that might interest you:
FORTY CENTURIES OF INK
OR
A CHRONOLOGICAL NARRATIVE CONCERNING
INK AND ITS BACKGROUNDS
INTRODUCING INCIDENTAL OBSERVATIONS AND
DEDUCTIONS, PARALLELS OF TIME AND COLOR
PHENOMENA, BIBLIOGRAPHY, CHEMISTRY,
POETICAL EFFUSIONS, CITATIONS,
ANECDOTES AND CURIOSA TOGETHER WITH
SOME EVIDENCE RESPECTING THE
EVANESCENT CHARACTER OF
MOST INKS OF TO-DAY AND
AN EPITOME OF CHEMICO-LEGAL INK.
BY
DAVID N. CARVALHO
you find it at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1483
Thank you so much, Margaretha. I definitely will look it up.
SvaraRadera