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| Helen Levitt Coney Island ca. 1940 gelatin silver print Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Helen Levitt New York ca. 1942 gelatin silver print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Helen Levitt New York 1972 dye transfer print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Helen Levitt New York 1972 dye transfer print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Robert Klippel Mechanical Form 1972 gouache, ink and collage on paper National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Robert Klippel Mechanical Form 1972 gouache, ink and collage on paper National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Robert Klippel Drawing 1960 cut and printed paper collage Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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| Robert Klippel Organic Machine with Suspended Shape in Electro-Magnetic Field 1949 drawing National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Gustavs Klucis Constructivist Design for Work Uniform 1922 linocut National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Gustavs Klucis Constructivist Tower ca. 1921-22 linocut National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Gustavs Klucis Karl Marx 1930 photomontage National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Gustavs Klucis Radio Orator: Design for Loudspeakers Stand 1923 lithograph National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Franz Kempf Icon I 1969 lithograph National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Franz Kempf Exhibition of Drawings and Prints 1963 screenprint (poster) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Franz Kempf Die Bremen Stadtmusikanten 1968 oil on canvas Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
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| Franz Kempf Still Life 1964 screenprint National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
from A Voyage
IV. Hong Kong
Its leading characters are wise and witty,
Their suits well-tailored, and they wear them well,
Have many a polished parable to tell
Their suits well-tailored, and they wear them well,
Have many a polished parable to tell
About the mores of a trading city.
Only the servants enter unexpected,
Their silent movements make dramatic news;
Their silent movements make dramatic news;
Here in the East our bankers have erected
A worthy temple to the Comic Muse.
A worthy temple to the Comic Muse.
Ten thousand miles from home and What's-Her-Name
A bugle on this Late Victorian hill
Puts out the soldier's lights; off-stage, a war
Thuds like the slamming a distant door:
Each has his comic role in life to fill,
Each has his comic role in life to fill,
Though Life be neither comic nor a game.
– W.H. Auden (1938)