Citroen collateral

You know what's cool? Citroen brochures! Some are funny, some are cute, and some cool...and some have all of those qualities. Below are a few items from the 60's.

Right, 1961 Citroen 2CV brochure, exterior; and left, 1963 Citroen 2CV brochure, exterior

1968 Citroen brochure, cover

1967 Citroen brochure, cover

An interior spread from 1966 Citroen 2cv brochure

An interior spread from 1966 Citroen 2cv brochure

1966 Citroen 2cv brochure, cover

See many more examples at Citrobe.org

BMW Art Cars

You know what's cool? BMW Art Cars.

Top Row:

Esther Mahlangu, BMW 525i, 1991
David Hockney, BMW 850 CSi, 1995
Robert Rauschenberg, BMW 635 CSi, 1986

Middle Row:

Andy Warhol, BMW M1 Group 4 Race Version, 1979

Frank Stella, BMW 3.0 CSL, 1976

Alexander Calder, BMW 3.0 CSL, 1975

Bottom Row:

Ernst Fuchs, BMW 635 CSi, 1982

Roy Lichtenstein, BMW 320i Group 5 Race Version, 1977

Jeff Koons, BMW M3 GT2, 2010

My faves are the Warhol, the Lichtenstein, and the Stella.

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Miscellaneous

Where is this? Who saw it? How come no one took it apart? What else is there? How will I ever find out?

UPDATE: Thanks so much to Stefano, who has let me know that this was taken by Kyle Telechan in  2009. Its title is Abandoned Ferris Wheel. The photographer doesn't remember the exact location of it, other than it's in North Carolina.

FURTHER UPDATE: Digging deeper, I found that it's actually in Mercer County, Virginia, at the "haunted" Lake Shawnee amusement park. There are shit-tons of personal accounts of people who spent time there to wade through at photographer Karen Steuben's website (though very many of the stories are nearly intelligible due to their poor grammar and writing skills.)  There is interesting history of the site as it was a Native American-Colonists' battleground, leading to cursed land, leading to present-day hauntings.

Beach babes are so brave, ca. 1930's

1970 Ferrari 512 S Modulo concept car, by Pininfarina. See how the roof slides forward to open? It must not rain if you plan to drive, or the car will totally get messed up on the inside.

 The media in the 1920's declared Paul Whiteman as the King of Jazz.

Poster remake for Jim Jarmusch's 2003 film, Coffee and Cigarettes. The clever design by Viktor Hertz is a big improvement over the original (in terms of design, anyway.)

Miscellaneous

 Karen Walker sunglasses, available at Gargyle

Sexy Helmut Newton shot

Neon-trim Balenciaga tote bag, Spring 2011

1971 BMW Alpina

Melted clock from the old Cass Tech high school, from Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre's heartbreaking collection, The Ruins of Detroit. Their photos of Detroit are widely circulated.

Miscellaneous

Every so often, my info gets lost. If anyone knows anything at all about the painting above, please let me know. Thanks!

This is a late 50s Austin Healey "Bug-Eye" Sprite. It's always been one of my favorite cars, because it looks like a cartoon. The photo comes via the Vintage & Classic Car Club of Pakistan.

A Stephen Sprouse look.  Love the color and love the tights.

Hayv Kahraman, Melancholic Aristocracy 

Miscellaneous

Coffee Served on Porch of Ante-Bellum Mansion, Riverview, Mississippi, Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1943.

From Life Magazine: Coffee served on porch of ante-bellum mansion by young ladies wearing hoop skirts at party for cadets from local Army Flying School. 

A prolific photojournalist, Eisenstaedt took the iconic photo, VJ Day, The Kiss.

1981 Mazda MX-81 Aria, a concept car designed by Gruppo Bertone

Lanvin ring, Spring 2011

City Night, Harry Brodsky, ca. 1940s

Fiorucci ad, 1970's

Miscellaneous

Baba Beaton (Cecil's sister), Wanda Baille-Hamilton and Lady Bridget Poullett by Cecil Beaton, 1930

1969 Toyota EX-III

Sonia Rykiel handbag

Bridgeport, CT artist Dalton Ghetti works with razor blades, sewing needles and a sculpting knife to carve miniature sculptures on the graphite of used pencils. Not only is the result cool and crazy, but I like the contrast of shiny and dirty, and of bright color and neutral wood.

Miscellaneous

1954 Denzel 1500S convertable. Denzel was an Austrian car company, started by garage owner and amateur racer Wolfgang Denzel, from 1948 to 1960. Check out that fresh logo on the hood ornament!

This is a television screen shot of Cher at the 1985 MTV Music Video Awards. There were a lot of wigs this style in the audience that year.

Spring 2011 Bottega Veneta jewelry

Ok, see this? This is the process in which Jean-Paul Goude created that iconic Grace Jones image. Photoshop makes this kind of thing no big deal these days, but it took a bit of skill back then. This schematic was on display at the Brooklyn Museum last year in their show about music & photography.

Miscellaneous

This photo by Hauke Sandhaus is crazy! My dad has a car like this actually. It's a Jaguar XK140 (I think).

No info on this photo, other than it was shot in Oregon.

Arnaud de Rosnay (1946-1984)

Clock DVA

Aston Martin Model

This is a specially-commissioned sterling silver and gold model of the Aston Martin V8 Volante (looks to be a mid-80's model). The model was made by Theo Fennel Jewelers in 1987, and it's for sale now at Nicholas Brawer.

It's so detailed that it almost looks real – when I first glanced at the top image I thought it was just an awesome chrome-y paint job!

Miscellaneous

Probably Carnival in Rio.

Halston and models. Anjelica Houston is seated in the front on the right. This photo was used for promotion of Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston.

1956 Nissan Datsun Sedan

Miscellaneous

From a story about Ibiza in the Face, probably from 1988.

1973 Datsun 240Z.

Anjelica Huston and Yves St. Laurent

Tod Papageorge,  New York City Discothéque, 1979

Miscellaneous

Poster (or maybe magazine ad) for the 1970 MGB/GT. 

 I know I've expressed interest in this car before, but I will go ahead and repeat how cute I think it is.

The caption translated from Italian: "Audrey Hepburn on the Côte d'Azur. When she does not work, the actress inhabits a villa on Lake Geneva with her husband Mel Ferrer and their son Sean."

The Pop Group. I heard that they've reformed, and that they're playing a few European dates. They should come here!! 

Here's "She is Beyond Good and Evil" (option-click to download)