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Sleep

Date1932
MediumCrayon lithograph
Dimensions416 × 302 mm. (16 3/8 × 11 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Blanche Adler
Object number1932.28.2
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Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for The Fruits of Labor
The Fruits of Labor
1932
Image Not Available for Open Air School
Open Air School
1932
Image Not Available for Boy and Dog
Boy and Dog
1932
Image Not Available for Women
Women
1935
Image Not Available for Poem
Poem
1953
Image Not Available for Santa Clara de Asis Mission - May 15, 1784 - California
Santa Clara de Asis Mission - May 15, 1784 - California
c. 1935-1938
Image Not Available for Study for the "Subterranean Forces" Mural at the National School of Agronomy (Escuela Nacional de Agricultura, now the Universidad Autónoma) in Chapingo, Mexico
Study for the "Subterranean Forces" Mural at the National School of Agronomy (Escuela Nacional de Agricultura, now the Universidad Autónoma) in Chapingo, Mexico
1926
Image Not Available for The House of Sleep
The House of Sleep
Bernard Picart
1731, published 1733
Image Not Available for The Oyster. (You'll wake me up at dinner time.) Big, fat, thick, plump, greedy, wakes up only for the purpose of taking in food and sleeps only for the purpose of digesting it. The oyster does not eat for living, but lives for eating. Its locomotive and industrial apparatus are non existent. It vegetates on the spot and its existence is manifested only by the exactitude, the number and the quality of the meals. The entire energy of the oyster is located in the stomach. One might call it an animal of pleasure, its only mission in life being to consume without working, while others work without consuming. It seems to be perfectly at ease with this providential mission. (Lacépède – Natural History.)
The Oyster. (You'll wake me up at dinner time.) Big, fat, thick, plump, greedy, wakes up only for the purpose of taking in food and sleeps only for the purpose of digesting it. The oyster does not eat for living, but lives for eating. Its locomotive and industrial apparatus are non existent. It vegetates on the spot and its existence is manifested only by the exactitude, the number and the quality of the meals. The entire energy of the oyster is located in the stomach. One might call it an animal of pleasure, its only mission in life being to consume without working, while others work without consuming. It seems to be perfectly at ease with this providential mission.
(Lacépède – Natural History.)
1837
Image Not Available for The Dormitory of a Distiguished Boarding School. - Attention... on the first clap that I strike with my hands you will place your head on the pillow. At the second, you will close your eyes... on the third clap you will all sleep.
The Dormitory of a Distiguished Boarding School. - Attention... on the first clap that I strike with my hands you will place your head on the pillow. At the second, you will close your eyes... on the third clap you will all sleep.
1846
Image Not Available for Robert Macaire, Hypnotist. This is a perfect subject for hypnosis... There is absolutely no connection between us... I do not know Mademoiselle de St. Bertrand, and you gentlemen, are going to be able to experience the effect of somnambulism.... (In her sleep, Mlle de St. Bertrand gives diagnoses on everybody’s ailments, omdocates hidden underground treasures, gives investment advice conc. the Mozart Paper Co. stocks, in gold mines and in other fine investments.)
Robert Macaire, Hypnotist. This is a perfect subject for hypnosis... There is absolutely no connection between us... I do not know Mademoiselle de St. Bertrand, and you gentlemen, are going to be able to experience the effect of somnambulism.... (In her sleep, Mlle de St. Bertrand gives diagnoses on everybody’s ailments, omdocates hidden underground treasures, gives investment advice conc. the Mozart Paper Co. stocks, in gold mines and in other fine investments.)
1838
Image Not Available for This joker little Walker abusing the sleep of his motherland to disguise the filibuster
This joker little Walker abusing the sleep of his motherland to disguise the filibuster
n.d.