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Marianne Moore (1887–1972). Photograph by George Platt Lynes, 1935, gelatin silver, 22.8 x 17.7 cm. Library of Congress.

The games people play, 2008

There’s a marvellous photograph of a corner of Sidney Nolan’s studio taken in 1949. On a small work table are the usual trappings of the bohemian laboratory: tobacco tin, overflowing ashtray, dog-eared books, and candlesticks picturesquely caked in melted wax. The only unfamiliar element in this ad hoc still life is a photograph pinned to […]

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