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Artist: Clarence John LaughlinArtist Dates: (Lake Charles, LA, Aug 14, 1905 - Jan 2, 1985, New Orleans, LA)Title: The Phantasmal Man from the Solitary HousePortfolio (Series) Title: American Victorian ArchitectureDate: 1960Dimensions: 13 3/8 in. x 10 1/2 in. (33.97 cm x 26.67 cm)Medium: gelatin silver printCredit Line: museum purchaseAccession#: 1979.72
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july 2011 by jannon
thelican: architectural anatomy (2009)
"Last weekend, on a walking tour of historic homes, I was reminded how much I've always liked functionally obsolete architectural features: the widow's walk, the porte cochère. I like them much in the same way I like the idea of functionally obsolete anatomy, like the appendix and male nipples. To really consider them, one has to consider how they would have been used, a way of life when they were common. And now they remain, like slightly mysterious monuments - not entirely obsolete, just functionally so."
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april 2010 by jannon

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