Frank Rudolph Paul Science Wonder Stories 1929 gouache on paper (magazine illustration) New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
Monte Luke Pavlova - Invitation to Waltz 1929 hand-colored gelatin silver print Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
Clarice Beckett Pavlova - Divertissement 1929 oil on board Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
Clarice Beckett Pavlova - The Dying Swan 1929 oil on board Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
Louise Blair Daura Self Portrait in Paris 1929 oil on paper Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami |
Anni Baldaugh Donna 1929 oil on board San Diego Museum of Art |
Guy Pène Du Bois Girl reading a Book 1929 oil on canvas Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California |
Émile-Alain Séguy Insects - Abstract Decorative Patterns 1929 pochoir Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
Émile-Alain Séguy Insects - Abstract Decorative Patterns 1929 pochoir Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
Edward Weston Pepper no. 25 1929 gelatin silver print Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California |
Ivor Hele Seated Model 1929 drawing National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Armin Hansen Shark Fishers 1929 oil on board Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California |
Cecil Buller Man and Woman 1929 wood-engraving Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto |
Alberto Giacometti Three Figures Outdoors 1929 bronze Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto |
Sybil Andrews Haulers 1929 color linocut Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
If I Could Tell You
Time will say nothing but I told you so,
Time only knows the price we have to pay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.
If we should weep when clowns put on their show,
If we should stumble when musicians play,
Time will say nothing but I told you so.
There are no fortunes to be told, although,
Because I love you more than I can say,
If I could tell you I would let you know.
The winds must come from somewhere when they blow,
There must be reasons why the leaves decay;
Time will say nothing but I told you so.
Perhaps the roses really want to grow,
The vision seriously intends to stay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.
Suppose the lions all get up and go,
And all the brooks and soldiers run away;
Will Time say nothing but I told you so?
If I could tell you I would let you know.
– W.H. Auden (1940)