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Sunday, April 27, 2008

A modern place.

Here's a big fisheye overview of the "modern life" section of the Brooklyn Museum of Art:

Modern room at the Brooklyn Museum of Art

Go here for a full size version of this and zoom in on that nice painting — by Dana Schultz — of a young woman peering into her computer. I like that. There aren't enough paintings of computers!

Now, I loved this Art Deco dressing table (and not just because I could wheedle a self-portrait out of it):

Modern room at the Brooklyn Museum of Art

And there was this excellent aluminum portable record player from the 1930s — an "RCA Victor Special":

1930s record player

Beautiful space:

Modern room at the Brooklyn Museum of Art

Here's their virtual tour.

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