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A terrace can be a transitional place between the house and garden. Here a climber, trained up the porch supports, frames the entrance to the garden, creating a setting where it is pleasant to pause and relax.

Hans Erni (Swiss, 1909 - 2015)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Erni

Egyptian Limestone Relief, Ptolemaic Period, 304-30 B.C.

Sculpted in sunk relief, the sky goddess Nut to the left arching over a horizontal line representing Geb, the earth god, and the god Khepri, in the form of a scarab beetle, a lion to the right with its right forepaw raised, representing Horakhty, and Isis seated to the right, looking left, all on a groundline, the upper portion of a hieroglyphic inscription below.

19 in. (48.2 cm.) wide

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Rah Fizelle (1891-1964) - Sleeping nude

Oil on canvas. Painted c.1938-39.

21.7 x 35.25 inches, 55 x 89.5 cm. Estimate: Aus$120,000-160,000.

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Paul Celan, excerpt of Corona (tr. by Michael Hamburger)

Original — wir sehen uns an, wir sagen uns Dunkles, wir lieben einander wie Mohn und Gedächtnis, wir schlafen wie Wein in den Muscheln, wie das Meer im Blutstrahl des Mondes.