50. Mirror Mirror
Title: Mirror, Mirror
Date: None
Subject: Woman with a head of a walrus looks into her mirror
Measurements: 6 1/16” W x 7 ½” H
Materials and Techniques: White paper board, cutouts from reproduction postcards and/or art books, glass covering, masking tape frame
Description: A standing nude woman (Triptych of Earthly Vanity and Divine Salvation, c. 1485, Hans Memling, Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465-1494 Bruges) looks into her hand-held mirror, which reflects the image of a young woman’s face. The woman’s head is replaced with a painting of a walrus head.
Signed: Norman S. Green 197_ written in pen (signature and date partially obscured by tape frame)
Note: From the Pictorial Puzzlers Series. In addition to its title and artists’ identification, the label on the back identifies this piece as number “15.”