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Happy New Yves
Jean-Christophe Averty - Happy New Yves (1965)
French Entertainer Yves Montand sings, clowns and dances his way through 17 musical numbers. Dance accompaniment by the Dirk Sanders Ballet.
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Napoleon's medium
'I put the artist and man of action on the same level. Byron worked through the medium of words; Napoleon through the medium of bayonets. I don't know that there's much to choose between them, though I own to a slight preference for Napoleon's medium.'
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"In 1898, the Parisian art gallery owner Maurice Joyant photographed his childhood friend defecating on the beach at Le Crotoy, Picardie. The series of photos would have been forgotten, had Joyant’s friend not been Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the acclaimed French painter."
via Iconic Photos
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New York and Environs. 1859 John Bachman. American lithographic firm, 1849–79.
via Moon River via personism
