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Paleolithic cave painting

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Interpretation of Ajanta cave painting in India

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Rome. Circa 230-226 BC

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Exhibited for “Power Print: Woodblock Prints by Ram Kumar Panday” at the Asian American Arts Centre, New York City, July 13-Aug. 3, 2001

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Carving of hand in stone, England c. 1770-1800 (19″ x 16″ x 13″)

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Gravestone carving

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Auguste Rodin, Mighty Hand, ca. 1880, cast 1906, bronze (Legion of Honor, SF)

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Antique artificial arm and hand

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Industrial glove mold, France, c. 1900-1910

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Shadow puppet of a deer.

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Saul Bass, 1960, Man With the Golden Arm

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Ursa Minor: The Amazing Yo-Yo, 1980.  Photo by Chan Bush.

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Silver print by Drahotin Sulla – “Duel” (1974)

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Photograph by Francesco Viscuso

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Stanko Abadžic – Hands and Eyes (from the Paris Cycle)

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Hands on a scanner: Image by Ghastly

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Collage illustration by Jessie Draxler

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Cracked nail polish, photograph, photographer unknown

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By John Foster

John Foster and his wife, Teenuh, have been longtime collectors of self-taught art and vernacular photography. Their collection of anonymous, found snapshots has toured the country for five years and has been featured in Harper’s, Newsweek Online and others.

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