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Octopus #6 3/26/64
Melvin Edward Nelson
Photo by Adam Reich

6. The octopus begins crushing the earth something terrible

Melvin Edward Nelson

March 26, 1964, 2:30 AM

2017.3.10

Bessie Harvey, (1929–1994), “7 Legs”, Alcoa, Tennessee, c. 1985, Painted wood with beads, 17 3/…

Bessie Harvey

c. 1985

1998.10.23

Artist unidentified, South Family Chair Factory, “#7 Shaker Rocking Chair,” Mount Lebanon, New …

#7 Shaker Rocking Chair

Artist unidentified

1875–1900

1984.39.1

Octopus #7 3/26/64
Melvin Edward Nelson
Photo by Adam Reich

7. Two forces at work

Melvin Edward Nelson

March 26, 1964, 7:37 PM

2017.3.11

Octopus #8 3/27/64
Melvin Edward Nelson
Photo by Adam Reich

8. The octopus puts a terrible squeeze onto the earth below

Melvin Edward Nelson

March 27, 1964, 4:31 PM

2017.3.12

Octopus #9
Melvin Edward Nelson
Photo by Adam Reich

9. Seeing the end of the octopus but the advent of the serpent

Melvin Edward Nelson

March 28, 1964, 2:16 AM

2017.3.13

Ninth Avenue El
Vestie Davis, 1903-1978
New York City
1959
Oil on canvas
18 x 24"
Collect…

9th Avenue Elevated

Vestie E. Davis

1959

2008.5.8

Octopus #10
Melvin Edward Nelson
Photo by Adam Reich

10. The octopus is whirled and hacked to pieces

Melvin Edward Nelson

March 29, 1964, 3:31 AM

2017.3.14

11. Aftermath: A few weeks later, a big whirl encircles the earth

11. Aftermath: A few weeks later, a big whirl encircles the earth

Melvin Edward Nelson

April 11, 1964, 12:50 PM

2017.3.15

12. Greater earthquakes are still to come

12. Greater earthquakes are still to come

Melvin Edward Nelson

April 16, 1964, 2:51 AM

2017.3.16

18 At Norma Catherine. But wild thunderstorm with cyclone like wind saves them. (double-sided)
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18 At Norma Catherine. But wild thunderstorm with cyclone like wind saves them. (double-sided)

Henry Darger

1940–1950

2002.22.2A

Inez Nathaniel Walker, (1911–1990), “24-page Académie Sketchpad”, New York, 1976, Pencil, color…

24-page Académie Sketchpad

Inez Nathaniel Walker

1976

1996.12.156