Jackson Pollock - Untitled, ca. late 1937–39. Colored pencils and graphite on paper
Male urethral anatomy (bladder through penis), commissioned by Ashutosh Tewari, MD at Weill Conrell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY.
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Weegee, Untitled (In the Movie House Watching “Haunting of Hill House”), c. 1950
Amputation of thigh and application of retractor, from W. P. Cocks’ Illustrations of Amputations, 1831
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The giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus) from the original description:
Zoologischer Atlas enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten während des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt auf der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Kriegesschlupp Predpriaetië in den Jahren 182 (1831) by Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz
Myotomia reformata, or, An anatomical treatise on the muscles of the human body…, 1724, University of Toronto Libraries.
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