Mørk Rokoko (Dark Rococo) Old Phaidon historical ephemera such as postcards

historical ephemera such as postcards

like walk-through Wunderkammers and life-sized cabinets of curiosity

The delightfully authentic dishes featured include fennel biscuits and other locally beloved antipasti

and documents - many published here for the first time - all tracing the remarkable lives and careers of this legendary couple

and the nuances of their lifestyle

Mørk Rokoko (Dark Rococo) Old Phaidon historical ephemera such as postcardsIn this surrealist, psychedelic landscape reminiscent of Charles Burchfield's anthropomorphic forests, Land creates a world full of pastel colors and bubbly lines that is ripe with sinister undertones. Taken from Land's most recent series The Road Home, the foregrounded character crouches over, as if to avoid the dark depths of the gooey cave that looms like a gaping mouth over the composition.