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Farley P Katz
@farleypkatz.bsky.social
Medieval manuscript fragments, sixteenth century printing, books illustrated by French artist Joseph Hémard, fossils (mostly Texas ammonites and echinoids), among many other things. independent.academia.edu/FarleyKatz
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and the memories or associations it evoked. Together, these anecdotes painted a fascinating picture of his daily life, friends and adventures in the art world of Paris at the time. It's one of my favorite books, translated into English as An Anecdoted Topography of Chance (Re-Anecdoted Version).
In 1962, artist Daniel Spoerri published his Topographie Anécdotée* du Hasard. He drew a map of the overlapping outlines of all the 80 objects that were lying on a table in his hotel room. Each object was given a number and Spoerri wrote a brief description of each object ... (1/2)
To be fair to whoever this is, he couldn't spell Lathrop Harper either.
Chopped liver here.
Not her greatest work of course.
FP
Farley P Katz
@farleypkatz.bsky.social
Medieval manuscript fragments, sixteenth century printing, books illustrated by French artist Joseph Hémard, fossils (mostly Texas ammonites and echinoids), among many other things. independent.academia.edu/FarleyKatz
119 followers124 following125 posts