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A postcard that reads: Reading Camus at a bar with a fireplace, and its very cold outside. I look out the window and see its snowing. Though you are far, I bring you close through every word I read and with each sip I take.
A postcard that reads: Reading Camus at a bar with a fireplace, and its very cold outside. I look out the window and see its snowing. Though you are far, I bring you close through every word I read and with each sip I take.
A postcard that reads: Reading Camus at a bar with a fireplace, and its very cold outside. I look out the window and see its snowing. Though you are far, I bring you close through every word I read and with each sip I take.

A postcard that reads: Reading Camus at a bar with a fireplace, and its very cold outside. I look out the window and see its snowing. Though you are far, I bring you close through every word I read and with each sip I take.

Maker (American, b. 1975)
Date2025
MediumMixed media
Dimensionsvariable
Credit LineCommissioned by the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
Collections
Object numberTR3402a-c
Status
On view
It takes a lot of brains to be a model. You're not just a body with a pretty face. You have to have the latest saleable look and be a self-starter with drive and energy. It's a lot of fun meeting artistic people and going on location. It's something different
It takes a lot of brains to be a model. You're not just a body with a pretty face. You have to have the latest saleable look and be a self-starter with drive and energy. It's a lot of fun meeting artistic people and going on location. It's something different
Bill Owens
1976, printed 1998
I take nude modeling seriously. It's hard to get jobs because so many people are ready to fling off their clothes. At first, I felt awkward, but now moving comes naturally and my body falls into line. I'm not into parading nude at beaches. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
I take nude modeling seriously. It's hard to get jobs because so many people are ready to fling off their clothes. At first, I felt awkward, but now moving comes naturally and my body falls into line. I'm not into parading nude at beaches. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Bill Owens
1976, printed 1998
Elmer Reads His Rights, N.Y.
Elmer Reads His Rights, N.Y.
Arthur Tress
1977
What If I Don't Remember Any of It?
What If I Don't Remember Any of It?
Caroline Liu
2018
The Arch with its Occupants (Die Arche mit der Ladung)
The Arch with its Occupants (Die Arche mit der Ladung)
Lovis Corinth
1923
At bottom, it's this thing here that they'd like to throw on the ground. (Au fond, c'est ce machin là qu'ils voudraient f ... par Terre.)
At bottom, it's this thing here that they'd like to throw on the ground. (Au fond, c'est ce machin là qu'ils voudraient f ... par Terre.)
Jean Louis Forain
n.d.
It's a Hard Step! (Duro es el paso!), from The Disasters of War (Los desastres de la guerra)
It's a Hard Step! (Duro es el paso!), from The Disasters of War (Los desastres de la guerra)
Francisco de Goya
1810 - 1820 (plates, published 1863)
It's No Use Crying Out (No hay que dar voces), from The Disasters of War (Los desastres de la guerra)
It's No Use Crying Out (No hay que dar voces), from The Disasters of War (Los desastres de la guerra)
Francisco de Goya
1810 - 1820 (plates, published 1863)
Image Not Available for Hut that has outlived its purpose
Hut that has outlived its purpose
Andreas Feininger
1949
The Moon Cannot See Its Own Brilliance
The Moon Cannot See Its Own Brilliance
Gesshū Sōko
circa 1660
Troopers of the 101st Airborne Division are issued parachutes before taking off from Little Rock to their home base at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The Army flew half of its 1,000 paratrooper integration task force out and announced plans to relieve the other half, Little Rock, Arkansas, October 16th, 1957
Troopers of the 101st Airborne Division are issued parachutes before taking off from Little Rock to their home base at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The Army flew half of its 1,000 paratrooper integration task force out and announced plans to relieve the other half, Little Rock, Arkansas, October 16th, 1957
Unknown Artist
10/16/1957
Family Enterprise In Hanoi: A family shows its business enterprise by getting together in the sale and repair of musical instruments in Hanoi, May 16, 1975
Family Enterprise In Hanoi: A family shows its business enterprise by getting together in the sale and repair of musical instruments in Hanoi, May 16, 1975
Alma De Luce
5/16/1975