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Stephen Kroninger - The Girl in the Abstract Bed

1954

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She rode in a British sports carriage powered by her water-cooled mother, jane.

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She ate in a high-chair made of canvas and wrought iron.

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Her tableware was stainless steel, from Denmark, her porringer was pottery, from California, and her typical luncheon menu might have been: Chicken Livers en brochette, puree de petits pois, and Lait au lait.

She played in a kidney-shaped playpen built by her power-tooled father, DADA . http://www.drawger.com/kroninger/?article_id=9753 8 October 2011 15:16:51

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There came the time when nicole learned to walk. Her parents had the Leotard Service Send in a nice pair of ballet slippers, some horn-rimmed frames (the lenses could come later), and a checked wool shirt.

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Stephen Kroninger - The Girl in the Abstract Bed How tranquilly things went! Whenever Nicole tired of walking, they could put Little Bop Eep on the Hi-Fi, get out a book of Mother Proust stories, and she would lounge in the playpen, surrounded by her favorite toys.

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One summer day it became necessary to take Nicole to visit her Reactionary Grandmother in the country.

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Grandmother saw the child and steamed like a teakettle, jane clutched her daughter's hand, firm as a pharaoh, (her husband was unloading the car). But before the two ladies could so much as crackle the first crisp words, DADA called out to jane:

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"Honeypet, could you help me with the playpen?"

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Stephen Kroninger - The Girl in the Abstract Bed "Nicole P. Snow," rasped the Reactionary Grandmother, grabbing at the glasses, "you are the most peculiar," shucking off the slippers, "baby that I ever saw." And she pulled away the shirt and leotards.

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Nicole rushed happily into the sunshine to play. The Reactionary Grandmother braced herself http://www.drawger.com/kroninger/?article_id=9753

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Stephen Kroninger - The Girl in the Abstract Bed to her astonishment DADA only smiled and said to jane: "Look, honeypet,

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our baby is primitive, after all." . copyright 1954, by Tobias Schneebaum and Vance Bourjaily. http://www.drawger.com/kroninger/?article_id=9753 8 October 2011 15:16:51

Stephen Kroninger - The Girl in the Abstract Bed 11 comments by Rob Dunlavey
February 5, 2010

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"firm as a pharaoh" Thanks, that's wonderful.

by randy enos nice nice nice!

February 5, 2010

by Oliver Weiss
February 5, 2010

wow, this is really lovely - thanks for sharing!!!

by felix s

February 5, 2010

very cool. where'd you snag it?

by Shout

February 5, 2010

thank u so much for the post, something in there remember me "Man on a Horse" by Wassily Kandinsky and the great Bauhaus movement

by Steve Wacksman
February 5, 2010

Super cool. Thanks for the show and tell, K!

by Cathleen Toelke
February 5, 2010

When I was old enough to wonder, I thought about what it would have been like to be raised in an artsy, intellectualhousehold, with books like this one. Clarificationat last! Very funny stuff, and very beautiful, Stephen.

by chris mullen http://www.drawger.com/kroninger/?article_id=9753 8 October 2011 15:16:51

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February 5, 2010

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Love your posts. Just went to Amazon to buy the book...maybe next year. On a side note, did you ever do a post on Paul Flora? Great artist/illustratorwho died last year.

by Patrick JB Flynn
February 9, 2010

Gorgeous, absolutely!

by david lincoln brooks

March 31

What a fantastic find! Thanks for these!

by Pat Hay
August 19

I love this!

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