Help me out anons, I'm back to the pool pic. Focusing on the subway tile. It's not an especially elaborate design. Does appear the girls are not actually in a pool, but rather sitting on a bench that surrounds a pool, sauna, or bathhouse. I feel fairly sure the pool/bathhouse/sauna is an indoor one. The style and color of the tile looks to me to have been lain anywhere between early 1900's to 1960's, but I could be wrong if designer wanted retro look. Still, the girls' undershirts and hair styles make me think 60's. Also occurred to me since all girls have same underclothing perhaps a boarding school, quite possibly Catholic. Thoughts?
In keeping with the bread's title:
Same, I'm with you. That's why I started focusing on the tiles. When was that color popular? Etc. Next thing I think is to dig on the artist. Did she herself go to a Catholic School?
Honestly, I am so sleep deprived I don't even recall the artist's name off the top of my head, tho I have her site bookmarked somewhere. I do think if she's Slovak/Polish there's a good chance she was raised Catholic. That angle is certainly worth a dig, I think. Take that idea and run with it if you want, Anon. I am kinda OCDing on the tile right now, kek.
Was it determined these are the Vanderbilt brothers? No, wait…the other name….uh…uh..come on, Anon, just tell me their damn names!
K, that makes two of us and probably more. See above please in regard to speculation about artist's education/upbringing.
This has occurred to me as well. Have tried various phrasings for vintage pool restorations + Rome. One pool that gives the creeps is the Hearst Castle Roman pool, although the style is way too elaborate, at least in what pics I can find. Yet, as someone who occasionally has to drive through the Lincoln Tunnel and whose spouse anon installs tile, and having completely renovated not one, but two old houses, I gotta say well-installed tile can last a long, long, time. That's why it's so important to choose carefully. Replacement pieces would be more common than total restoration. At least for we plebians, that is.
Thank you.
Indeed, like fawn in headlights. Frozen.
OK I will go with your fashion sense. But yea, the shoes have a slight point to them and as I recall in my era young girls did not wear pointed shoes, they were rounded. Only teenager girls got to wear a pointed toe shoe. Still, looking through old class photos of mine in the 60's (I was born '61) most girls had their hair bobbed, or pulled back in a hair band, like the twins. And I am not even gonna go there how I recognize girls' white under pants and shirts from the 60's b/c I know the rules. ; )
Very interesting observation and theory. Might explain the twins in the middle – first split?– one with/blood on her hands? Then the others could be alters. But I can't go down that rabbit hole right now. See above about artist and Catholic school/boarding school speculation.
Thank you all, Anons. You rock. I'll let you know when I tire of the tile. Please let me know if you find anything in your digs.
I LOVE night shift!
p.s/ Meant to also say thank you for the title of painting/drawing. "Systematic Examination" indeed.
How'd you know I'm wild eyed?