This section lists sources for the titles of some of Pauline Boty’s collages. In future the intention is to also add information on some of the content she included, such as the names of individuals featured in the works.
A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE, c.1960/61
The sentence “Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose” was written by Gertrude Stein as part of the 1913 poem Sacred Emily, which appeared in the 1922 book Geography and Plays.
Wikipedia entry here [link]
DARN THAT DREAM, c.1960/61
Darn That Dream is a song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Eddie DeLange. In 1940 Benny Goodman released a recording with Mildred Bailey singing the vocal. Other versions include Miles Davis (1950), Tony Bennett (1955), Billie Holiday (1957), Petula Clark (1959) and Ella Fitzgerald (1961).
Wikipedia entry here [link]
IS IT A BIRD, IS IT A PLANE? c.1960/61
“Look, up in the sky!”
“It’s a plane.”
“It’s Superman!”
Spoken during the introduction to the 1950s TV series Adventures of Superman starring George Reeves by members of a crowd of people as they are pointing up at the sky.
SIREN, c. 1960/61
In Greek mythology the Sirens lured sailors with their enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. They were believed to look like a combination of women and birds in various different forms.
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WRECK OF THE HESPERUS, c. 1960/61
The Wreck of the Hesperus is a narrative poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in Ballads and Other Poems in 1842. In it the captain insists on taking his daughter on the voyage but the ill-fated ship crashes onto a reef and sinks, with her body discovered the next morning still tied to the mast and drifting in the surf.
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BOTRYTIS INFESTANS, c. 1960/61
Botrytis Infestans (Phytophthora infestans) is a water mould that causes the potato and tomato disease known as late blight or potato blight which was a major cause of the 1845 Irish potato famine.
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NO TRIFFIDS, c. 1960/61
The triffid is a fictional tall, mobile, carnivorous plant species, created by John Wyndham in his 1951 novel The Day of the Triffids.
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GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD, c. 1960/61
Goodbye Cruel World is a song written by Gloria Shayne and released as a single by James Darren in October 1961. It was used as part of the soundtrack to the documentary Pop Goes the Easel directed by Ken Russell.
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ZEIGFIELD LINE, c. 1960/61
The Siegfried Line was a German defensive line built during the 1930s opposite the French Maginot Line, stretching more than 630 km (390 mi); from Kleve on the border with the Netherlands to the town of Weil am Rhein on the border to Switzerland.
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Inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris, the Ziegfeld Follies was a series of elaborate theatrical revue productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 to 1931, with renewals in 1934 and 1936.
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ASIA MINOR FROM THE ISLE OF SAMOS, c. 1960/61
Samos is the closest Greek island to Asia Minor, situated in the eastern Aegean Sea off the coast of western Turkey from which it is separated by the 1.6-kilometre (1.0 mi)-wide Mycale Strait. The birthplace of the Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras, in ancients times Samos was an especially rich and powerful city-state.
Wikipedia entry here [link]
I SURRENDER DEAR, c. 1960/61
I Surrender Dear is a song composed by Harry Barris with lyrics by Gordon Clifford, first performed by Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra with Bing Crosby in 1931, which became his first solo hit.
Wikipedia entry here [link]
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