Tag Archives: David Seidner

Better Dressed Than Barbie

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Balenciaga, Schiaparelli, Nina Ricci, and Hermès are all names associated with French high fashion, but in 1944, each designer tried their hand at outfitting a much smaller client–a miniature wire mannequin measuring at just a third of the size of … Continue reading →

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Focus on Fashion: Footwear

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

Edward Steichen, [Shoes], 1930 (698.2000) David Seidner, Martial & Armand, 1990 (2007.69.4) Ferenc Berko, Woman’s Legs, Brookfield Zoo, October 1950 (595.1993) Elliott Erwitt, New York City, 1974 (743.1986) Chris Collins, Mouse in Shoe, 1990 (278.1991)

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Focus on Fashion: Coats

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

David Seidner, [Yves Saint Laurent], 1983 (2007.63.7) Louise Dahl-Wolf, Natalie in Grès coat, Kairouan, 1950 (82.1982) Alfred Eisenstaedt, A New York vacationer in Miami Beach, 1940 (331.1989) Martin Munkacsi, [Woman wearing Jaeger travel coat on wing of airplane], 1939 (2007.110.2267)

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Focus on Fashion: Hats

Posted on August 16, 2012 by

Seeberger Frères, [Two Unidentified Women, Deauville, France], August 18, 1912 Alfred Eisenstaedt, Janet MacLeod wearing a black-eyed veil attached to a hat by Lilly Daché, New York City, 1937 LIFE, October 5, 1942 Jack Delano, Miss Selma Barbour, Manager of … Continue reading →

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Cy Twombly: Photographs and Text by David Seidner

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

Cy Twombly’s studio is in Lexington, Virginia, his original hometown. Though he now commutes between Lexington and Rome, and has spent a good deal of his life in Italy, he has never lost the drawl of a Southern gentleman. These … Continue reading →

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Warm and glossy sky-blue glaze…

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

It was a visit to the “Ju Ware from the Northern Sung Dynasty” exhibition, (and the Painting and Calligraphy of the Northern Sung, and Sung Dynasty Rare Books exhibitions), at the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan, in 2006, that … Continue reading →

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“Goodness and generosity personified… All you have to do is change your mind.”

Posted on March 29, 2011 by

The large loft on West 18th Street that John Cage shared with Merce Cunningham was a simple, sunny, skylit living-working studio. It was divided into a sleeping area, a working space with a desk right off the kitchen… and an … Continue reading →

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Distortion and Beauty

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

André Kertész, Underwater Swimming, August 31, 1917 David Seidner, Rosima, ca. 1985 Weegee, [Woman (distortion)], ca. 1946-48/ca. 1955 According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of distortion is as follows: distortion (noun) 1: the act of distorting 2: the quality or state … Continue reading →

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Focus on Fashion: Coco Chanel

Posted on August 30, 2010 by

Horst P. Horst, Coco Chanel, Paris, 1937 David Seidner, Tina Chow/Chanel, 1984 David Seidner, Betty Lago, Chanel, 1985 Coco Chanel was one of the world’s top couturiers. From the founding of the House of Chanel in 1909 until her death … Continue reading →

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Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)

Posted on June 2, 2010 by

Dimitris Yeros, Louise Bourgeois, New York, 2009 David Seidner, Louise Bourgeois, 1992 David Seidner, Louise Bourgeois, contact sheet, 1992 Louise Bourgeois With all its contents, the studio that Louise Bourgeois occupies in Brooklyn is like a giant version of one … Continue reading →

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