Found my 'giant fool' in a favorite NYC haunt, The Argosy Book Store, 116 E. 59th Street. Since 1925, six stories of old & rare books, prints, photographs and autographs. A place Joseph Cornell visited routinely to find ephemera for his works. The Argosy has a table set up outside the shop featuring $1 bargain books. The fool is from the back cover of a $1 1984 exhibition catalogue of French Drawings 1550-1825 published by The Pierpont Morgan Library. He is "Momus" by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (1724-1780).
Momus is pasted down on an old painting which I trimmed and placed on top of a photograph of a landscape.
Lovely work Angie. Sounds like an inspirational trip. I like this fool and his world spinning round.
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DeleteExcellent stuff! Envious of your NY trip and Cornell book haunt.
ReplyDeleteYou must put this place on your bucket list. You can spend an entire day in this store. Not all is cheap but over the years I have found many inexpensive pieces of this and that!
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