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| Malcolm Drummond The Artist's Desk ca. 1915 oil on canvas Museums Sheffield, Yorkshire |
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| Elise Bayley The Sculptor's Loft (Miss Frances Darlington's Studio in Knaresborough) ca. 1920 oil on canvas Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, Yorkshire |
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| Edward Harrison Richardson A Corner of My Studio 1924 oil on canvas Stockport Heritage, Manchester |
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| James Cowie Set Square ca. 1940 oil on canvas University of Aberdeen, Scotland |
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| Mardi Barrie Studio Mirror ca. 1955 oil and collage on canvas City Art Centre, Edinburgh |
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| John Hart Studio Interior 1957 oil on board Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
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| Peter Kinley No. 206: Study for Studio Interior 1960 oil on paper Bristol Museum and Art Gallery |
Doubled Mirrors
It is the dark of the moon.
Late at night, the end of summer,
The autumn constellations
Glow in the arid heaven.
The air smells of cattle, hay,
And dust. In the old orchard
The pears are ripe. The trees
Have sprouted from old rootstocks
And the fruit is inedible.
As I pass them I hear something
Rustling and grunting and turn
My light into the branches.
Two raccoons with acrid pear
Juice and saliva drooling
From their mouths stare back at me,
Their eyes deep sponges of light.
They know me and do not run
Away. Coming up the road
Through the black oak shadows, I
See ahead of me, glinting
Everywhere from the dusty
Gravel, tiny points of cold
Blue light, like the sparkle of
Iron snow. I suspect what it is,
And kneel to see. Under each
Pebble and oak leaf is a
Spider, her eyes shining at
Me with my reflected light
Across immeasurable distance.
– Kenneth Rexroth (1952)
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| Patrick Caulfield Artist's Studio 1964 oil on board Southbank Centre, London |
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| Helen Lessore Studio 1967 oil on canvas Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, Wiltshire |
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| David McClure Red Studio 1967 oil on canvas University of Stirling, Scotland |
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| David McClure Black Studio 1969 oil on canvas Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland |
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| Danny Ferguson Studio Interior ca. 1974 acrylic on canvas Lillie Art Gallery, Glasgow |
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| Frederick Cuming Studio with Strip Light ca. 1975 oil on canvas Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries |
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| Donald Mackintosh Studio Interior ca. 1978 oil on board Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee |
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| Jack Knox Studio II ca. 1998 acrylic on canvas Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Scotland |