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A letter sent by a young J.D. Salinger to Ernest Hemingway in 1946

 

A letter sent by a young J.D. Salinger to Ernest Hemingway in 1946 will be put on public display for the first time at the 

John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. 

Salinger met Hemingway in Europe during World War II, and closes the letter by telling Hemingway that the talks they had were the only "hopeful minutes" of his war experience. 

The letter, available to scholars for years, is part of the Ernest Hemingway collection that has been kept at the JFK Library for 30 years. It will be displayed Sunday during presentation of the PEN/Hemingway Award, given annually to a first-time writer of fiction. 

Library director Thomas Putnam says Salinger's recent death sparked new interest in the letter, in which the future "Catcher in the Rye" author discusses his own efforts at a literary career. 

via: artdaily

 

'After Spring'

ED RUSCHA, “SPRING SPRUNG,” 2010.

 

Tejo Remy & Rene Veenhuizen

Tubular benches made from coiled steel frames covered in tennis balls and old blankets given new life as colorful rugs are among the unorthodox furnishings by Atelier Remy & Veenhuizen that will be on view at Industry Gallery in Washington. 

“Hands On,” an exhibition opening March 20, is the first solo show in the United States for the Utrecht studio founded by Tejo Remy, a designer associated with the influential Dutch company Droog, and René Veenhuizen.

“We design by trial and error, by doing and seeing what happens,” Mr. Remy said. “You could call it ‘empirical design,’ ”

 via: New York Times

 

Baron Adolph de Meyer

 At the turn of the century, magazine and catalog illustrations of the latest fashion collections were rather dry, using models who acted more like cutout dolls. It took the work of Baron Adolph de Meyer to loosen up fashion editorial with challenging portraits in the pages of Vogue, Vanity Fair and Harper’s Bazaar. A rare showing of more than 100 of his society portraits, commercial fashion photography and still lifes recently opened at Robert Miller Gallery (through April ).

 

“Fashion fades, only style remains the same.” Coco Chanel

 

Infantilism may be a fashion perennial, but if the blogger Ari Seth Cohen had his druthers, every season would be a senior moment. As the founder and editor of Advanced Style, a Sartorialist for the superannuated set, he chronicles the stylish and often eccentric get-ups of a crowd that’s largely ignored by the fashion system.

 “My eyes have always been drawn to older people,” said Cohen, 28. “And from a style point of view, I find them more interesting because they are of an age where they don’t have to impress anyone and can wear what they want.” In addition to shots of stylish senior citizens on the street, the site features tributes to timeless style icons, including Iris Apfel and Fleur Cowles. The hardest part of showing that true chic does not dim with age? “Trying to explain what a blog is.”

via: T Magazine Blog 

 

"Clouds"

I watch the clouds as I see them   

in pomp advancing, pursuing   

the fallen sun. 

excerpt from:

Clouds 

By Denise Levertov

Photograph: Thomas Hoepker

 

Geigy's Graphic Design

Museum of Design, Zurich past show Good Design, Good Business showcases the great graphic design from 1940-1970 of the Swiss chemical company Geigy.

Neocid was another pesticide Geigy sold. Karl Gerstner's poster is from 1953 and tells customers that Neocid is "A gate for house pests!"

link: Dwell

 

Labour And Wait

 

 Stocking all things simple and timeless is this shops claim to fame. From household products to clothing, you won't find pretentious trendy creations at Labour & Wait. 

Every item both vintage and new is chosen from manufacturers around the globe who continue to create goods in their original yet functional designs—from beech wooden-handle pruning knives and breadboxes to enamel milk pans and horse-haired body brushes.

via: Urban Path, London

FBI Recovered Antiquarian Library to Be Sold At Auction

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers announces an auction featuring over 75 lots of early Italian and Latin literature from the antiquarian book library of John Sisto of Berwyn, Illinois. The books, maps and engravings comprise what remains of the over 3,500 items seized by the Chicago division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2007, of which 1,600 items were repatriated to Italy after being deemed unlawfully imported. 

The collection had been brought to the attention of the FBI by Mr. Sistos heirs, following his death in 2007. After an extensive review of the materials by the FBI Art Crime Team, the Italian Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, and the Italian Ministry for Cultural Assets and Archives, who identified the items as having come from the Bari region of Italy, approximately 1,600 items were returned to conferring institutions and private collections in their country of origin. 

The origin and ownership of the remaining 2,000 recovered items could not be determined and, as such, they were returned to the estate of John Sisto. The majority of these items, which include rare eighteenth-century scientific and theological books, dictionaries and maps, will be offered in a featured session of over 75 lots in the March 16th Fine Books and Manuscripts auction at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. 

The items will be on public exhibition Sunday, March 14th, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Monday, March 16th, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The auction will begin at 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 16th. 

via: artdaily.org

 

Alice in Wonderland (1903)

Alice in Wonderland (1903), the first-ever film version of Lewis Carroll’s tale, has recently been restored by the BFI National Archive and premiered at a celebration of the history of the classic story at the British Library.

Made just 37 years after the novel’s publication and eight years after the birth of cinema, the first film adaptation was directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow, and was based on Sir John Tenniel’s original illustrations. Hepworth cast his wife as the Red Queen, and he himself appears as the Frog Footman. His production secretary May Clark played Alice, and even the family cat and dog got in on the act. The cat played the Cheshire Cat, and the dog would go on to become the first authentic British film star (canine or otherwise) to have his name in the credit of a film when he headlined the pioneering chase film Rescued By Rover in 1905. 

Although originally running just 12 minutes, Alice in Wonderland was the longest film produced in England at that time and represented a major investment for the pioneering Hepworth Studios. However, despite its historical importance, it was almost lost for good, and just one incomplete print is known to survive.

—BFI National Archive 

via: the auteurs