Bad excuse better than none
c. 1867

• Charles Samuel KEENE

Essay

Index 1945–2010

Chair Carlo BUGATTI Sol Crispijn de PASSE the elder La Ramassel . UNKNOWN Dunstanburgh Castle, north-east coast of Northumberland, sunrise after a squally night J. M. W. TURNER (Anna Romana Wright reading by candlelight) Joseph WRIGHT of Derby The thinker Auguste RODIN Venus Crispijn de PASSE the elder Ecstasy André MASSON An aged woman looking out of a window Johannes Christianus JANSON Winter, from The four seasons FULDA PORCELAIN FACTORY, Fulda (manufacturer) Mary, Lady Vere William LARKIN Sideboard, from the Langer apartment Adolf LOOS (designer) The victory of faith St George HARE Forest and sun Max ERNST Portrait of Rubens UNKNOWN Chacmool Tarascan, Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, West Mexico Pair of glass coolers SAINT-CLOUD PORCELAIN FACTORY, Saint-Cloud (manufacturer) Procession of soldiers UNKNOWN Untitled UNKNOWN Untitled (Red) Mark ROTHKO Weeping woman Pablo PICASSO Per polidorum dilucide et... UNKNOWN Mother and child Cornelis de VOS Portrait group: The singer Farinelli and friends Jacopo AMIGONI Rembrandt REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn; REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn (studio of) Coffee pot GEORG JENSEN SØLVSMEDIE, Copenhagen (manufacturer); Henning KOPPEL (designer) Head of Queen Nefertiti, from sculpture flanking Boundary Stela Q EGYPT, el-Amarna Ulysses and the Sirens John William WATERHOUSE Armchair, from the Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna Otto WAGNER (designer); GEBRÜDER THONET, Vienna (manufacturer) Colbentz and Ehrenbreitstein - Plans and Views... Wenceslaus HOLLAR