History is full of what-ifs. It is tantalising to speculate what Sheila Fell, already recognised at her death as a significant force in 20th-century painting, might have gone on to achieve.
Brodovitch would begin his layouts by designing the layouts as illustrations by hand. His assistant would receive these sketches to look over, but the photographers and freelance writers were often given little or no direction at all besides to come up with something new and unusual. When the photographs for the issue arrived, he would pick the... See more
“Fragmented bronze portrait of Marcus Aurelius embodies his Stoic philosophy: Even the once commanding visage of the Roman emperor is not impervious to Time. Echoing his Meditations, that all life is fleeting & you'll be fortunate if your deeds survive in the memory of the living.”