Ola COHN

Bookends
(1930s-1940s)

Essay

Away with the fairies. Edwin Landseer’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Titania and Bottom, 1848–1851

Papal tiara 1 Peter TRAVIS Ring Wolf WENNRICH A lord of the bush Hans HEYSEN Ring Inge KING Sideboard, from the Langer apartment Adolf LOOS (designer) Ring Inge KING Large open-necked vase Chris SANDERS Lady in grey John LONGSTAFF Kandakidj (Antilopine kangaroo) Curly Bardkadubbu Masters George, William and Miss Harriet Ware with the Aborigine Jamie Ware Robert DOWLING Tea Trees near Cape Schanck, Victoria Eugene von GUÉRARD Ulysses and the Sirens John William WATERHOUSE Dulka Warngiid Birmuyingathi Maali Netta Loogatha; Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori; Warthadangathi Bijarrba Ethel Thomas; Thunduyingathi Bijarrb May Moodoonuthi; Kuruwarriyingathi Bijarrb Paula Paul; Wirrngajingathi Bijarrb Kurdalalngk Dawn Naranatjil; Rayarriwarrtharrbayingathi Mingungurra Amy Loogatha Scaramouche and Columbine MEISSEN PORCELAIN FACTORY, Meissen (manufacturer); Johann Joachim KÄNDLER (modeller) A monk with a book TITIAN Blue tree, jug Isabella AINSLIE (Mother and child) E. Phillips FOX Lady Rous née Charlotte Maria Whittaker, second wife of the 6th Baronet, later, Earl of Stradbroke William BEECHEY Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence Jusepe de RIBERA Pietà CHELSEA PORCELAIN FACTORY, London (manufacturer); Joseph WILLEMS (modeller) Teacup and saucer MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer) Phase transitions Don WREFORD Clock garniture MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer); Marc-Louis-Emmanuel SOLON (decorator) Initiation Reko Rennie October Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE Cahill Expressway Jeffrey SMART Gasometers at Clichy Paul SIGNAC The babe is wise Lina BRYANS Chair Carlo BUGATTI The young mother John LONGSTAFF