#TWO joe brainards yes indeed

[mildlydiscouraging]

Art + Chilling on a Green Sofa

“He is lounging on the olive green velvet sofa with two patterned pillows. Very focused in. (No eliminations.) Very French. Also a bit, alas, Sargent.”

— Joe Brainard, letter to Fairfield Porter, 1973

Ramon Casas, “Jove decadent. Després del ball” (1899) / Joe Brainard, “Whippoorwill” (1973) / John Singer Sargent, “Nonchaloir (Repose)” (1911) / Salman Toor, “East Village Apartment II” (2017) / Joe Brainard, “Untitled (Whippet on Green Couch)” (1973) / John Lavery, “The Green Sofa” (c. 1903)

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