Looking back at a material past (2)

Vinette Varvard painted this treasure in 1951. In 2003 I noticed her peeking out of a dumpster in the driveway of a house that was being renovated. The woman in the painting has a ghostly bend as she rises up from the frame and the deep look of melancholy in her eyes is both stirring and soothing. Vinette really nailed the bangs.
Who was Vinette Varvard? I'd love to know.





Silver Dollar by Margaret F. Ludwig. Artists Proof.
Purchased for $3 this was found at an amazing Salvation Army that has since closed because they couldn't afford the rent. I'm pretty sure that the ladies who ran the place were skimming off the register since they never closed the drawer and would rarely punch in a transaction.
This is a heavy duty wood block print.






I'm still shocked at this basement bin Salvation Army discovery. A brilliant early sixties French collection of Concrete Music.
A:
Iannis Xenakis "Diamorphoses"
Luc Ferrari "Etude Aux Sons Tedus"
Michel Philippot "Ambiance I"
B:
Henri Sauguet "Aspect Sentimental"
Pierre Schaeffer "Etude Aux Sons Animes"
Luc Ferrari "Edute Aux Accidents"
Pierre Schaeffer "Etude Aux Allures"







Don Armando's Second Street Rumba Band
"I'm An Indian Too"
Signed original Ze pressing.
Another thrift shop bin shocker. Signed with a note to Danny & Shelly by Fonda Rae
1979 release
of an Erving Berlin track originally sung by Ethel Merman.

Check out this sweet jam on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZEZPs06Sgw