◇ After
I Want YOU for U.S. Army · James Montgomery Flagg, 1917
Brown top hat, ginger curls, purple velvet coat, and the finger aimed straight out at you inside a double rule border. The headline keeps the recruiting poster's two weights, with the offer changed.
“After” is the old gallery word for a work made in open conversation with another. It is a lineage, not a shortcut.
◇ Piece Room
No owners on the platform yet. The room is waiting for the first.