the "Indian Rug" robe

a good friend gave me a silk scarf, purchased from Neiman's.....when I noticed that the scarf had been $350, I just couldn't rationalize the expense...for it was just a plain old ecru neck wrag and would have been just one of many that already fill a drawer....so I exchanged it for this terrycloth robe, which I've enjoyed for many years...snags and all....later, i found an identical scarf at the Salvation Army, for $5.....I have never seen another robe like this one, however.....

UNICORNS

 


this panel, now on my glass kitchen door, hung for years on Mother's glass kitchen door.....a tradition, now......

THE SUN AND THE MOON

 

I photographed a chair for a mail-order catalog and the art director handed me this stained glass panel which hangs over the kitchen door light......which shines through.......

THE ORCHID IN A BEAUTIFUL POT

 

my friend Reis asked if i would give some bamboo to a friend of his.......which i did, of course......weeks later, to my surprise, Reis dropped by a lovely orchid....a thank-you gift from the recipient of the bamboo.....an unexpected delight!

FREE ICARTS?

 

30 years ago, i was with a friend, shopping for Tiffany Lamps at LILLIAN NASSAU, in New York......my friend mentioned a friend, Neil Isman, who had a gallery nearby......So, we went to Neil's Gallery.....He told me that he was "thinning our" his inventory and wanted to rid himself of decorative art that he did not consider particularily important....
We went into a back room, where Neil brought out a stack of Louis Icart prints, signed, and bearing the Paris "windmill mark"......I purhased all of them for $135/EA.....a good deal, even then......Within days of returning home, I had sold "SMOKE",
"COURSING II" and a handfull of others for more than I had paid for them all......Over the years, I have relinquished all but one of the prints........They are lovely boudoir art.........

APTERA

If you keep this vehicle for 30 years, it will have paid for itself in fuel-saving.........it would look really strange in the context of most modern cars on the road, however, wouldn't it.....?