Which artist created 'The Lobster Telephone' in 1936 and 'Mae West Lip Sofa' in 1937?
"the scorpion portrays human sexuality. Scorpions are used in folk medicine in South Asia especially in antidotes for scorpion stings. In ancient Egypt the goddess Serket was often depicted as a scorpion, one of several goddesses who protected the Pharaoh. Insects feature in art, in literature, in film, and in music. The ""Lobster Quadrille"", also known as ""The Mock Turtle's Song"", is a song recited by the Mock Turtle in ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"", chapters 9 and 10, accompanied by a dance. The surrealist artist Salvador Dali created a sculpture called ""Lobster Telephone"" with the crustacean in place of the"
"lips, and his Lobster Telephone in white. (The surrealist tradition at Monkton House was maintained when the Interior designer, Derek Frost, did extensive work to the house and designed more custom pieces of furniture in the late 1980s.) James donated these two items (among others) to the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. James most fantastic surrealist creation was realised in the Mexican rain forest, a surrealist Sculpture garden, ""Las Pozas"". In 1940, James stayed in Taos, New Mexico, United States, as a guest of Mabel Dodge Luhan, where he was known for his amusing, clever eccentricity and effeminate manner. In"
"Dress was a simple white silk evening dress with a crimson waistband featuring a large lobster painted (by Dalí) onto the skirt. From 1934, Dalí had started incorporating lobsters into his work, including ""New York Dream-Man Finds Lobster in Place of Phone"" shown in the magazine American Weekly in 1935, and the mixed-media Lobster Telephone (1936). His design for Schiaparelli was interpreted into a fabric print by the leading silk designer Sache. It was famously worn by Wallis Simpson in a series of photographs by Cecil Beaton taken at the Château de Candé shortly before her marriage to Edward VIII."
"Mae West Mary Jane ""Mae"" West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades, known for her lighthearted bawdy double entendres and breezy sexual independence. West was active in vaudeville and on the stage in New York City before moving to Hollywood to become a comedian, actress and writer in the motion picture industry, as well as appearing on radio and television. The American Film Institute named her 15th among the greatest female stars of classic American cinema. Often using a husky contralto voice,"
"page of ""The Times"". One among the many answers vetted by Nanny Lightfoot came from an elderly cousin of Douglas Cooper, owner of one of the finest collections of modern art in England. The gentleman, having paid Bacon for his services, found him part-time work as a telephone operator in a London club and sought Cooper's help in promoting Bacon's developing skill as a designer of furniture and interiors. In 1929, while working at the telephone exchange, he met Eric Hall, who became his patron and lover in an often torturous and abusive relationship. Bacon left the Queensberry Mews West"
"Picasso, Giacometti, Max Ernst and Paul Delvaux, amongst others. Most were sold at a well-publicized sale at Christie's two years after his death. His intellectual interest in surrealism is demonstrated by his sponsorship of ""Minotaure"", a lavish Surrealist magazine published in Paris. His refurbishment of Monkton House, in a part of the West Dean Estate, was a Surrealist dream. It was done in collaboration with the pioneering British decorator, Syrie Maugham, and has some of the most iconic Surrealist works on display, including the large Mae West Lips Sofa to which Dalí gave the form and colour of the actresses"
"other, creating the optical illusion of a vase of roses. The embroidering of both garments was executed by the couture embroiderers Lesage. The designs Schiaparelli produced in collaboration with Dalí are among her best known. In addition to well-documented collaborations such as the shoe hat and the Lobster, Tears and Skeleton dresses, Dalí's influence has been identified in designs such as the lamb-cutlet hat and a 1936-day suit with pockets simulating a chest of drawers. While Schiaparelli did not formally name her designs, the four main garments from her partnership with Dalí are popularly known as follows: The 1937 Lobster"
"May Warden May Warden (9 May 1891 in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire – 5 October 1978 in London) was an English actress and comedian. Although she played in other films and TV shows, in Germany and Scandinavia she is best known for her role as Miss Sophie in the comedy sketch ""Dinner for One"", along with Freddie Frinton in a 1963 recording. She married comedian Silvester Stewart (d. 1973) in 1915, and gave birth to two sons and two daughters, two of whom also went on the stage. She had non-speaking roles in Stanley Kubrick's ""A Clockwork Orange"" and"
"may have been made by Pabst. Gibson appears to have used copies of the PAFA armchairs as seating in his picture gallery. His Neo-Grec library table – now at the Detroit Institute of Arts – is attributed to Furness and Pabst. Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (father of the future president) hired Furness to decorate his newly built townhouse at 6 West 57th Street, New York City (demolished). The ornate Neo-Grec paneling, bookcases, cabinetry and mantels are based on designs in Furness's sketchbook, and their manufacture is attributed to Pabst. The pair is also credited with individual pieces of Roosevelt furniture. The"
"as well as spot illustrations by the young Andy Warhol. Flora resigned at the end of 1952, and was replaced as Art Director by Robert M. Jones, who in 1945 had replaced him as Art Director at Columbia Records. As fate would have it, in March 1953 Jones became Art Director at RCA Victor Records, where he soon began jobbing out album cover assignments to his friend Flora. This resulted in a veritable Golden Age of Flora LP covers, including such celebrated designs as ""Mambo For Cats"", ""Inside Sauter-Finegan"", Lord Buckley's ""Hipsters, Flipsters, and Finger-Poppin' Daddies, Knock Me Your Lobes"","
"Cervenka, Neeli Cherkovski, Jeanette Clough, Wanda Coleman, Catherine Daly, Fred Dewey, Robert Duncan, Bob Flanagan, Amy Gerstler, S.A. Griffin, Bob Kaufman, Gluefish Lou, Bill Margolis, Ellyn Maybe, Rod McKuen, Viggo Mortensen, Holly Prado, Jack Skelley, Patti Smith, Arnold Springer, David St. John, Amber Tamblyn, Elizabeth Treadwell, David Trinidad, and Tom Waits. Designers Charles and Ray Eames had their offices at the Bay Cities Garage on Abbot Kinney Boulevard from 1943 on, when it was still part of Washington Boulevard; Eames products were also manufactured there until the 1950s. The brick building's interior was redesigned by Frank Israel in 1990 as"
"artists included May & Vieve Hamilton, who joined Vernon from 1936 to 1937 to create a series of vases, figurines, plaques as well as two dinnerware lines: ""Rippled"" and ""Rythmic"". Designer Harry Bird came on board during the same period and using his patented “inlaid glaze” process, produced a variety of decorated dinnerware patterns in animal, floral and bird motifs on the Montecito shape. Jane Bennison, daughter of Faye Bennison, worked summers at the pottery and contributed art ware designs, and is credited with the design of the distinctive upside-down handle on the ""Ultra"" dinnerware shape of the 1940s. Vernon"
"living with the Big C""/ Britton Broun></Sunday Star Times, Wellington, NZ (24 February 2002), ""Quirky portraits are the toast of Wellington""/ Sarah Catherall></Capital Times, Wellington, NZ (6-12 January 2001) p 5, ""Toast master""> Maurice Bennett Maurice Bennett was an artist in New Zealand who used toast as an artistic medium in mosaic. The billboard-size images are made up in pixel form, using a slice of toast for each pixel. The toast is soaked in polyurethane to preserve the artwork. His portraits include Mona Lisa, Elvis Presley, US President Barack Obama, Mayor of Wellington Mark Blumsky, and rugby player Jonah Lomu."
"help Stewart with her boutique in exchange for using the basement space as a theater in the evenings. ""...Stewart's enthusiasm for the theater project quickly eclipsed her own initial idea for the boutique"", and La MaMa was born. The theater moved around Manhattan's East Village multiple times before settling into its current space at 74A East Fourth Street in 1969. Foster has written eighteen plays, including ""Elizabeth I"" and ""Satyricon"" (1972), as well as the libretto and lyrics for the musical ""Silver Queen Saloon"" (1978). Fourteen books of his plays have been published. Foster has won numerous awards, including Rockefeller"
"Le goûter (Tea Time) Le Goûter, also known as Tea Time (""Tea-Time""), and Femme à la Cuillère (""Woman with a teaspoon"") is an oil painting created in 1911 by the French artist and theorist Jean Metzinger (1883–1956). It was exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'Automne of 1911, and the Salon de la Section d'Or, 1912. The painting was first reproduced (illustrated) in Chroniques Médico-Artistique, ""Le Sabotage Anatomique au Salon d'Automne"" (1911). The following year it was reproduced in ""Du ""Cubisme"""", by Jean Metzinger and Albert Gleizes (1912). In 1913 it was published in ""The Cubist Painters, Aesthetic Meditations (Les"
"Le Déjeuner en fourrure Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure), lit. Object (""The Luncheon in Fur""), known in English as Fur Breakfast or Breakfast in Fur, is a 1936 sculpture by the surrealist Méret Oppenheim, consisting of a fur-covered teacup, saucer and spoon. The work, which originated in a conversation in a Paris cafe, is the most frequently-cited example of sculpture in the surrealist movement. It is also noteworthy as a work with challenging themes of femininity. The work's concept originated in a conversation among Oppenheim, Pablo Picasso, and his lover and fellow artist Dora Maar at a Parisian café where"
"continued to hire well-known artists to create new dinnerware patterns. Rockwell Kent designed three dinnerware sets based on his famous woodcuts: ""Salamina"", ""Moby Dick"", & ""Our America"". Don Blanding, a Hawaiian poet and illustrator designed four basic tropical design patterns for tableware. Vernon Kilns signed a contract in 1940 with Walt Disney Productions to make figurines based on Walt Disney's films: Fantasia, Dumbo, and The Reluctant Dragon. Vernon also manufactured art ware based on the film Fantasia. Janice Pettee sculpted and designed a series of celebrity figurines including Sally Rand Paulette Goddard, Madeleine Carroll, Anne Shirley, Wallace Beery, Robert Preston,"
"Shari Lewis Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz (January 17, 1933 – August 2, 1998), better known as Shari Lewis, was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, children's entertainer and television show host. She was best known as the original puppeteer of the sock puppet Lamb Chop, first appearing on Captain Kangaroo in March 1956 and then ""Hi Mom"", a local morning television show that aired on WRCA-TV (now WNBC-TV) in New York City. Lewis was born Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz (some sources cite Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz) to Jewish parents, Ann Ritz and Abraham Hurwitz, an education professor at Yeshiva University. She had one sister. Her"
"""The Spectre of Sex-appeal"" (1932), ""Soft self-portrait with grilled bacon"" (1941), ""Poetry of America—the Cosmic Athletes"" (1943), ""Galarina"" (1944–45), ""Basket of Bread"" (1945), ""Leda Atomica"" (1949), ""Galatea of the Spheres"" (1952) and ""Crist de la Tramuntana"" (1968). There is also a set of works created by the artist expressly for the Museum, including the ""Mae West"" room, the ""Palace of the Wind"" room, the ""Monument to Francesc Pujols"", and the ""Cadillac plujós"". A collection of holographic art by Dalí, and a collection of jewellery he designed are on display. Another room contains a bathtub and a side table with an"
"by her lover; and Bunny, who received a six-month sentence for bigamy and was later strangled by a man in Brixton. Other models May knew included Euphemia Lamb (Nina Forrest), wife of the painter Henry Lamb. Apart from the Café, May sang and danced at the Cabaret Theatre Club, which later became the Cave of the Golden Calf under the ownership of Madame Strindberg and featured frescoes by Epstein. According to May, when not entertaining, she was educated in taste by a distinguished older man she christened ""the Cherub"", with whom her relationship was strictly platonic. May gave her version"
"reel. Mae West had already established herself as a comedic performer when her 1926 Broadway show ""Sex"" made national headlines. Tried and convicted of indecency by the New York City District Attorney, she served eight days in prison. West carefully constructed a stage persona and carried it over into her interviews and personal appearances. Despite her voluptuous physique, most of her appeal lay in her suggestive manner. She became a wordsmith in the art of the come-on and the seductive line, and despite her obvious appeal to male audiences, was popular with women as well. Over the cries of the"
"Mary Webster (actress) Mary Veronica Webster (1935 in Evesham, Worcestershire – 3 October 2014 in Totland, Isle of Wight) was a British actress best known for her 45 appearances as Sarah Onedin in the BBC nautical drama ""The Onedin Line"" (1971–79). Webster's first television appearance was in ""The Man from the South"" for Cameo Theatre (1955). She went on to appear in, among others, ""A Christmas Carol"" (1958), ""William Tell"" (1958), ""The Moonstone"" (1959), ""Dixon of Dock Green"" (1963), ""Dr Finlay's Casebook"" (1963), ""Redcap"" (1964), ""Danger Man"" (1965), ""The Troubleshooters"" (1966), ""Adam Adamant Lives!"" (1966), ""Jackanory"" (1968), ""Softly, Softly"" (1968),"
"with Microphones"" (1946); and from October to November 1962 in ""Francis Bacon"" at the Galleria d'Arte Galatea, Milan as ""Gorilla with Microphones"" (1945–46)). Crucifixion (1933) (oil on canvas) was shown at the ""Summer Exhibition"" (July – September 1946) at the Redfern Gallery, 19/20 Cork Street, London, and bought by Sir Colin Anderson. Figure in a landscape Figure in a landscape is a 1945 painting by the Irish-born artist Francis Bacon. Based on a photograph of Eric Hall dozing on a seat in Hyde Park, also the basis of another painting held in the Lefevre ""Figure in a landscape"" (1945) which"
"Supper"" that were exhibited initially in Milan. This was his last series of paintings before his death. Sculptor Marisol Escobar rendered ""The Last Supper"" as a life-sized, three-dimensional, sculptural assemblage using painted and drawn wood, plywood, brownstone, plaster, and aluminum. This work, ""Self-Portrait Looking at The Last Supper"", (1982–84) is in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1988, Susan Dorothea White painted ""The First Supper"" showing 13 women from all regions of the world, with the woman in the position of Leonardo's Christ figure being an Australian aboriginal. In 2001, Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi painted ""Last Supper"", showing 13"
"Portrait"" was simply a mirror in an ornate gold frame while another more iconicised work was a linen, cheap reproduction of the ""Mona Lisa"" in an equally ornate gold frame, entitled ""Tea Towel"". During the mid-Seventies, Sharp was probably best known in Australia for his work with the Nimrod Theatre, for whom he produced his famous series of posters, as well as designing numerous sets, costumes and scenery pieces. His famous Nimrod posters (now prized collectors' items) include his iconic poster for the plays ""Young Mo"", ""The Venetian Twins"", and ""Kold Komfort Kaffee"". Sharp's rendering of the ""Mo"" face became"
"to cups of black coffee. The final product, measuring 20 by 13 feet, was dubbed the """"Mocha"" Lisa."" Maurice ""Toastman"" Bennet, known for recreating masterpieces using toasted bread, parodied ""Mona Lisa"" in a toast mosaic. At a 2010 food-art festival in Hong Kong, Bennet ""tiled"" together approximately 6,000 slices of bread, using a blow-torch to achieve the desired ""tone"" on each piece of toast. Media coverage of the many incarnations of ""Mona Lisa"" often allude to the likely disbelief of Leonardo himself; of the intrigue she would come to inspire, and the unimaginable extremes of her re-portrayal. Mona Lisa replicas"
"Pizza"". Following her death ""The Charlie Horse Music Pizza"" show was canceled, with the last episode airing on January 17, 1999. Lewis was the recipient of numerous awards during her lifetime, including: Shari Lewis Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz (January 17, 1933 – August 2, 1998), better known as Shari Lewis, was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, children's entertainer and television show host. She was best known as the original puppeteer of the sock puppet Lamb Chop, first appearing on Captain Kangaroo in March 1956 and then ""Hi Mom"", a local morning television show that aired on WRCA-TV (now WNBC-TV) in New York"
"The Jazz Man was actually a fugitive from Albuquerque facing capital murder charges stemming from the 1987 murder of his wife Diedre. He was arrested at a BART station in 2012 and extradited to New Mexico. In 2013, he pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to 16 years in prison. From either 1976 or 1978 until its dismantling and removal in 2014, a large rope sculpture by Barbara Shawcroft entitled ""Legs"" hung from the east wall of the platform. The 50-foot-tall, 7,000-pound rope sculpture, which the artist said was made using ""a Neolithic technique known as knotless netting,"""
"spent in her huge double bed, with her oil paints spread out around her. Her still lifes of flowers and fruits were purchased by Mrs. Winthrop Rockefeller, Mrs. Gardner Cowles, Sir David Webster, and movie producer Ross Hunter. President Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson received one of Lipton's oils for Christmas in 1968. At an 8th floor gallery of Lord & Taylor twenty of her paintings were displayed at prices ranging from $190 to $300, in 1969. In 1976 she teamed with former fashion model, Claire Geiman, to design a line of table linens called Dining-In. There were five"
"Maxine Sullivan Maxine Sullivan (May 13, 1911 – April 7, 1987), born Marietta Williams in Homestead, Pennsylvania, was an American jazz vocalist and performer. As a vocalist, Maxine Sullivan was active for half a century, from the mid-1930s to just before her death in 1987. She is best known for her 1937 recording of a swing version of the Scottish folk song ""Loch Lomond"". Throughout her career, Sullivan also appeared as a performer on film as well as on stage. A precursor to better-known later vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan, Maxine Sullivan is considered one"
"about the Numbers Racket) Maxine Sullivan Maxine Sullivan (May 13, 1911 – April 7, 1987), born Marietta Williams in Homestead, Pennsylvania, was an American jazz vocalist and performer. As a vocalist, Maxine Sullivan was active for half a century, from the mid-1930s to just before her death in 1987. She is best known for her 1937 recording of a swing version of the Scottish folk song ""Loch Lomond"". Throughout her career, Sullivan also appeared as a performer on film as well as on stage. A precursor to better-known later vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan, Maxine"
"were prestigious literary gatherings, including ""Foyles Literary Luncheons"", an event the hotel still hosts. Shortly after the opening, Sir Percival David, a leading admirer of Chinese porcelain, moved his growing collection from the Mayfair Hotel to the Dorchester, where he kept it in his suites for many years. Danny Kaye began appearing in cabaret at the hotel in the 1930s, initially earning £50 a week. Many blues and jazz artists appeared at the hotel, including Alberta Hunter and the Jack Jackson Orchestra. In 1934, Hunter and her orchestra recorded Noël Coward's ""I Travel Alone"" and Cole Porter's ""Miss Otis Regrets"""
"He later lived on Partington Ridge but returned often to the restaurant and became close friends with owner Bill Fassett. The restaurant became a social hub for artists, poets, actors and other creative individuals on the coast, attracting people like artists Man Ray, Harry Dick Ross, and Janko Varda; author Anais Nin; writer Ernest Hemingway; poet Eric Barker; actor Clint Eastwood; and scientist Giles Healey. Lolly Fassett, who had lived in Europe as a teenager with her grandmother and artist Jane Gallatin Powers, hired architect Rowan Maiden to design a large terrace for dancing and dining, a big fire-pit, and"