The Lugdunum Museum by Bernard Zaehrfuss in 1969-1975

Matchbooks for gay bars, clubs and restaurants in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New Orleans. 1970s-1980s

Toad c. 1500–1550 or later Italy, possibly Padua, 16th century Medium bronze

Casting animals from life was a common Renaissance practice, connected to scholars’ interest in natural history and a taste for oddities. Drowning the toad in ammonia left the animal’s body intact. The workshop then manipulated the head, opened the mouth, and cast the creature as a functional object for the study.

Sacra di San Michele  X-XI century, Piedmont (northwestern Italy)

Mariano Barbasán Lagueruela (1864–1924)

“Noche de Valpurgis o La noche de Walpurguis”