Photograph of Oscar Wilde, photographer unknown. © HIP/Art Resource, NY.
Photograph of Gertrude Stein, with Basket I and Pepe, on the terrace of the villa at Bilignin, June 13, 1934, by Carl Van Vechten. Used by permission. © Van Vechten Trust. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, the New York Public Library. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-c36d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “Untitled” (Last Light), 1993. Lightbulbs, plastic light sockets, extension cord, and dimmer switch. Overall dimensions vary with installation. Edition of 24, 6 APs. Published by A.R.T. Press, Los Angeles, and Andrea Rosen Gallery, NY. © The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation. Courtesy of Andrea Rosen Gallery, NY.
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “Untitled” (Perfect Lovers), 1991. Wall clocks and paint on wall. Overall dimensions vary with installation. Clocks: 14 × 28 × 2¾ inches overall. Two parts: 14 inches in diameter each. © The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation. Courtesy of Andrea Rosen Gallery, NY.
Brokeback Mountain film still (Ennis embracing Jack from behind). Courtesy of Universal Studios Licensing LLC. © 2005 Focus Features.
The Skate (La raie) by Jean-Baptiste Chardin. Oil on canvas, circa 1727. Photograph by Stéphane Maréchalle. © Rmn-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY.
Jenny Holzer, oil on linen, 2012. © Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
The Church of Sainte Marie Madeleine (La Madeleine). Colored period photograph, circa 1900. © Adoc-photos/Art Resource, NY.
Photograph of lyre-tailed nightjar (Uropsalis lyra). Via Wikimedia Commons, originally posted to Flickr.com. © Michael Woodruff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyre-tailed_nightjar#/media/File:Uropsalis_lyra_(male)_-NW_Ecuacor-3.jpg.
Mont Saint-Victoire by Paul Cézanne. Oil on canvas, circa 1887–90. Photograph by Hervé Lewandowski. © Rmn-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY.
Dead Cat by Théodore Géricault. Oil on canvas. Photograph by Erich Lessing. © Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY.
St. Sebastian by Andrea Mantegna, circa 1480. Photograph © Scala/Art Resource, NY.
Paul Legrand as Pierrot by Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon). Salt print, circa 1855. Via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Legrand_by_Nadar_c1855.jpg.
Color pencil drawing by James Lord, 2009. © The Estate of James Lord.
Unicorn by Maïder Fortuné. Video installation, digital beta, color, sound, 7-minute loop, 2007. © Maïder Fortuné.
Queen bee with attendants on a honeycomb. Via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bienenkoenigin3.jpg.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame film still. Publicity image. © 1939 RKO Radio Pictures.
Rose window. Via Wikimedia Commons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_window#/media/File:Rozeta_Pary%C5%BC_notre-dame_chalger.jpg.
Drawing no. 24 by Balthus. Mitsou: Quarante Images par Baltusz, published by Rotapfel-Verlag of Erlenbach-Zurich and Leipzig (1921).
Portrait of James Lord by Balthus. Pencil drawing, 1959. © Madame Klossowski de Rola. Photograph © Rmn-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY.
Photographs of Robert Fairchild and New York City Ballet in George Balanchine’s Apollo, 2014. Photographs courtesy Paul Kolnik.
Photograph of Maria Tallchief and George Balanchine, photographer unknown. BALANCHINE is a trademark of the George Balanchine Trust.
Male torso, known as “Torso of Miletos.” Marble, circa 480–470 BC. Photograph by Hervé Lewandowski. © Rmn-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY.
Harlequin and Pierrot by Andre Derain. Oil on canvas. Photo-graph by Hervé Lewandowski. © Rmn-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY. © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris.
HENRI COLE was born in Fukuoka, Japan, to a French mother and an American father. He has published nine collections of poetry, including Middle Earth, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He has received many awards for his work, including the Jackson Prize, the Kingsley Tufts Award, the Rome Prize, the Berlin Prize, the Lenore Marshall Award, and the Medal in Poetry from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His most recent collection of poetry is Nothing to Declare. He teaches at Claremont McKenna College and lives in Boston.
