Talk:Pinkie (Lawrence painting)
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[edit] Image not that great
Why does the image linked from the article appear to be a scan of a low-color reproduction printed using only red and black ink? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by AnonMoos (talk • contribs) 13:35, August 21, 2007 (UTC).
- Probably because The Huntington hasn't released higher quality versions for use on Wikipedia. It'd be great if they did. DurovaCharge! 14:55, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Citation, please?
In his art parody book Art Afterpieces, Ward Kimball added boots and a hammer and sickle flag to Pinkie to make her a pinko.
This looks out of place and out of context. DurovaCharge! 06:42, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Well, maybe it is, and that's what is funny about it. Just like The Blue Boy with the trumpet and sunglasses. I like the original portrait, with the forward gaze and the full hair--but Kimball's portrayal of Ms. Moulton as a "pinko" was irresistible! The book was published in 1964, by "Essandess Special Editions" (Simon and Schuster) and copyrighted by Kimball; the pages are not numbered, and the Pinkie parody is in the second half of the book--the pictures are arranged chronologically. Dougie monty (talk) 20:12, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Title
Although the form of paintings article titles is sadly not yet standardized, this one does not fit any of the normal forms (or the MoS), rather suggesting Moulton was the artist. [[Pinkie (Lawrence painting)]] would probably be best, though others are possible. See also the draft Wikipedia:WikiProject_Visual_arts/Art_Manual_of_Style#Article_titles. Any thoughts? Johnbod (talk) 02:56, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
- This is the actual title of the painting, according to the official publications of the museum that owns it. I agree the title is somewhat unorthodox, but is there any problem with us following their lead? The disambiguation pages lead here. DurovaCharge! 03:09, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
- Well yes - since Sarah Barrett Moulton is part of the title, it should be italicised at least. [[Sarah Barrett Moulton: "Pinkie"]] is possible, but it should still really have something added to explain it is a painting, especially as it is a portrait. Johnbod (talk) 03:29, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) Ignore my last as we don't of course use italics in the title. But I think it should still really have something added to explain it is a painting, especially as it is a portrait, and ideally who it is by. Museums change their titles quite often when they are not original, which I imagine is the case here (in the exact form), and though one likes to respect them, we quite often don't. The museum uses "Jonathan Buttall: The Blue Boy" which we certainly don't (and should not). The Burlington Magazine and other journals on google scholar just use "Pinkie" pretty consistently. Of course all variants can be redirects. Johnbod (talk) 03:29, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
