Nil Sub Sole Novum (There’s Nothing New under the Sun), N. Rinaudot

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N. Rinaudot, Nil Sub Sole Novum (There’s Nothing New under the Sun)
N. Rinaudot, Nil Sub Sole Novum (There’s Nothing New under the Sun)
N. Rinaudot
Nil Sub Sole Novum (There’s Nothing New under the Sun)
1914–1918
N. Rinaudot, artist
Nil Sub Sole Novum (There’s Nothing New under the Sun), 1914–1918
Where object was made: France
Material/technique: colored pencil; ink
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 21.4 x 17.4 cm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 8 7/16 x 6 7/8 in
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 38.2 x 27.4 cm
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 15 1/16 x 10 13/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Professor Eric Gustav Carlson
Accession number: 2014.1916
Not on display
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Camouflage and Other Hidden Treasures from the Eric Gustav Carlson WWI Collection

Rinaudot attempts to amuse us with a pun centered on the idea of cosmetics as a kind of camouflage and the double sense of camouflage rendered as “camoufle” (to disguise) and “l’age” (age). Remarkably, the cosmetics industry was bolstered by medicalresearch into covering wounds during WWI.

Camouflage and Other Hidden Treasures from the Eric Gustav Carlson WWI Collection

Rinaudot attempts to amuse us with a pun centered on the idea of cosmetics as a kind of camouflage and the double sense of camouflage rendered as “camoufle” (to disguise) and “l’age” (age). Remarkably, the cosmetics industry was bolstered by medical
research into covering wounds during WWI.

Exhibitions

Camouflage and Other Hidden Treasures from the Eric Gustav Carlson WWI Collection
Stephen Goddard, curator
2019
Camouflage and Other Hidden Treasures from the Eric Gustav Carlson WWI Collection
Stephen Goddard, curator
2019