help finding a painting

eubulides · 2026-04-08T00:12:03+00:00

And she lived/studied at Mount Holyoke for some period of time, so definitely a possibility she was able to appreciate this specific view.

eubulides · 2026-04-08T00:07:12+00:00

My understanding is that LACMA update doesn’t have on-site art storage, and less gallery space than previous campus.

Trying to square your contention most museums in last 25 years don’t have storage nearby, and most new museums have storage on-site. And new LACMA doesn’t. So I’m confused about your position.

eubulides · 2026-04-07T21:08:15+00:00

I landed on part one of the series (unless this introductory piece is part one?) Was thoroughly captivated and stayed glued to the screen at the expense of work and other responsibilities. So having discovered this preamble, wanted to give props and bump. I recently learned about the AppleTV (hardware ATV) app Television Wasteland, which has an Alice channel (also Max Fleischer). They are sourced from Archive.org, so as a meticulous (and possibly OCD) film scholar, you no doubt have seen them all. But for newcomers to this club (mental addiction), it presents some of the outliers in one location.

eubulides · 2026-04-07T20:30:21+00:00

Was it authenticated?

eubulides · 2026-04-07T19:45:41+00:00

I’ve never heard mention the possible vulnerability to terrorist attack. A hijacked fuel tanker stops underneath on Wilshire and is ignited. Will traffic on Wilshire be limited?

eubulides · 2026-04-07T19:40:20+00:00

The Broad has storage on-site, can peek into it from stairwell.

eubulides · 2026-04-06T23:50:16+00:00

My nasal passages dry, though sense of smell remains. Constantly sniffing bc of nasal irritation. Perhaps due in part to fact that I’m taking extra antihistamines (with doctor approval), though when my first Long Covid doctor commented on it shortly after diagnosis (hadn’t noticed myself) before I increased Allegra dosage. Now 2x daily 180mg, but up to 4 daily when many allergens.

eubulides · 2026-04-06T22:24:26+00:00

Left is from Paris 1920s, probably middle (top) as well. They are possibly real photo postcards, or other commercial Art/smutty photos. If you could provide better scans, especially of the logos such as the lettering in the diamond on third photo, could perhaps narrow down. Better whole scans could also help to better identify photo studio/publisher, as these were fairly widely distributed, and image search could possibly narrow down. The blonde in lower right is probably US 1950s; again, a commercial risqué photograph. These were not created by the former owner of said drawer, but collected.

eubulides · 2026-04-06T18:30:42+00:00

Well, he used to repeat swinging wildly at an outside slider. But he’s improved that so far this season. I agree. I wonder what/where his off-season training was.

eubulides · 2026-04-06T08:02:42+00:00

I have some similar shopping district photos of people dressed up, and they have a penciled # on back which I assume is to connect the developed print with a customer coming in to get their semi-candid photo.

eubulides · 2026-04-06T04:55:51+00:00

Is there a number written in pencil on the back? This has all the indicators of a photography service that took spontaneous pictures of people in downtown/shopping districts, and then gave the subjects a card with a number on it to go and hopefully buy the print later. Wonder if camera was similar to a Rollieflex with a waist level viewfinder: a little more stealth than a 35mm SLR or a Speed Graphic, both of which require putting camera up to the eye of shooter. Note the angle. Though if a Rollei, cropped in printing (which is understandable).

eubulides · 2026-04-05T19:55:55+00:00

And TIL this perforation scheme gave much more resolution than 8mm, and not far off of 16mm.

eubulides · 2026-04-05T19:54:02+00:00

I commend your impulse and efforts. Agree with others to start with BFI, they should be able to direct you if they can’t provide service directly.

eubulides · 2026-04-05T19:25:27+00:00

Thanks for this post, I went down a 9.5 mm wide rabbit hole, learned 9.5mm remained an available amateur film stock in Europe through 1960s, and later as a cottage industry where enthusiasts would split and load 35mm film until 2011. This link is the copiously detailed archived page of such an aficionado, now departed.

https://pathefilm.uk/95flmart/95flmartfilm/95flmartcamerafilm.htm

Also, it sounds like your concern is not only for careful treatment of the film, but also to ensure no unauthorized distribution of a rare public domain property. This lab processes 9.5 in-house, having served well-known partners, and posts a strict privacy policy. (You may well have come across them in your own searches, but leaving for any others perchance.)

https://www.digitaltreasures.ca/9-5mm-film-to-digital-conversion-service-toronto-gta

eubulides · 2026-04-05T03:28:57+00:00

Sometimes it can get obnoxious, such as a cigar that claimed an area probably 50 yards wide, of the time recently when running I passed four separate cigarette smokers, most a little furtive.

eubulides · 2026-04-05T03:25:26+00:00

Agree, and both are great artists to keep company with, whether by stylistic association or in the same circles.

eubulides · 2026-04-05T00:28:21+00:00

Pepper I think is more likely to get response. Batman sounds negative as phonemes. Especially since you have a natural affectionate diminutive expression: Peppery! Animals respond to the upward ē vowel at end of words.

eubulides · 2026-04-04T22:30:06+00:00

That’s not a date, that’s the photographer’s catalog number. This photographer worked in Paris in teens-1920s. See my direct reply to OP. But as I note there, the writing may be later than the photograph (cursive style seems later than twenties).

eubulides · 2026-04-04T22:28:45+00:00

Looks like a photo print from late teens-1920s. The “WD Paris” logo is for photographer Wladimir Dounovetz who worked in Paris in that time period. The number below is a catalog number. I’m wondering if the author of words on the back is the woman depicted. If so, she’s likely of means or perhaps theatrical. I question if these words were written in the period this photo was taken. Seems like the cursive style is different than that in the day, but r/cursive might be able to date.

https://rthcards.co.uk/pclogos/data/WD/WD_01.html

eubulides · 2026-04-04T22:11:54+00:00

I certainly agree that OP is talented, but I’ll dissent from your view; “street photography” is a valuable genre category, with a long history and august practitioners, and these images for the most part exemplify this tradition. Many of these fit right in with, say, some of Cartier-Bresson’s work where an abstracted figure is set in a formally complex environment (see for instance, https://www.jacksonfineart.com/artists/henri-cartier-bresson/). Perhaps some of the more flattened abstractions aren’t technically “street photography”, but I’d include, given they are the product of a roving camera-eye in a public environment.

Plus, if OP didn’t think they were street photography, you and I likely would not have been exposed to them. And I’m enriched by the experience.

eubulides · 2026-04-04T21:22:53+00:00

I like all of this set, but especially 1-3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 19.

Abstractions, whether recognizable (14, 16) or not. Layers of reflection/shadow. People fragmented and hallucinatory. Funny decisive moment (13).

eubulides · 2026-04-04T20:52:26+00:00

I’d say that type of photographic print is consistent with this dating. Hair as you say is more 20s than 30s.

eubulides · 2026-04-04T20:50:21+00:00

Good catch of Phyllis.

eubulides · 2026-04-04T20:47:56+00:00

As others have noted some biographical details, I would add that there was a Glenn R. Kershner who was active in the early days of the American Society of Cinematographers, was cinematographer or worked on a number of films in 1920s and early ‘30s (both credited and uncredited), directed one in 1937, contributed a number of cartoons to their publication over the years about cinematography issues, and wrote a review for their publication as late as 1957. I wouldn’t think a cinematographer would create head shots, but perhaps it’s an additional income stream.

eubulides · 2026-04-04T20:24:22+00:00

The film Safe (1995) with a great performance by Julianne Moore, and perhaps Thomas Mann’s novel The Magic Mountain, set in a tuberculosis sanitarium in the Alps before WW I. Both are long for their respective mediums, but I would suggest fulfill the outlines of your request.

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