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MISCELLANEOUS
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ABOUT MERMAIDS: EACH MERMAID REPRESENTS 4 FAMOUS ARTISTS WITH THEIR TITLES REFERRING TO THE BACKGROUNDS.
THE O'KEEFE MERMAID FLOATS ON MISS O'KEEFE'S FAMOUS COW SKULL LANDSCAPE. THE DECORATION OF HER TAIL IS THE FABRIC ON GUSTAV KLIMT'S 'THE KISS'. SHE WEARS A PEARL EARRING AS IN JAN VERMEER'S 'GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING'. THE BLUE BANDS IN HER HAIR MIMIC THOSE OF BOTTICELLI'S VENUS.
THE MONDRIAN MERMAID FLOATS ON ONE OF HIS ICONIC PRIMARY COLORED CREATIONS. HER TAIL IS PATTERNED AFTER THE GOWN WORN BY EMILIE FLOGE IN GUSTAV KLIMT'S PORTRAIT OF HER. THE ROSE IN HER HAIR IS A GEORGIA O'KEEFE ROSE. THE COLLAGED ROPE IS A DOUBLE REFERENCE TO PICASSO IN THAT HE FRAMED HIS OVAL PAINTING WITH ROPE AND (ALONG WITH BRAQUE) INVENTED COLLAGE, THE TECHNIQUE OF GLUING PAPER ONTO CANVAS.
THE MONET MERMAID FLOATS ON HIS WATER LILIES. HER TAIL SWIRLS REFER TO GUSTAV KLIMT'S SWIRLING PATTERNS. SHE ALSO WEARS A JAN VERMEER PEARL EARRING, AND HER DOTTED BORDER MIMICS GEORGE SEURAT'S POINTILISM.
THE MAGRITTE MERMAID FLOATS ON ONE OF HIS DAYTIME SKY/NIGHTTIME LANDSCAPES. THE HARLEQUIN BORDER AND MUSICAL NOTES REFER TO PICASSO'S 'MUSICIANS'. THE PATTERN ON THE MERMAIDS FIN IS THAT OF GUSTAV KLIMT'S 'MEDICINE' AND SHE ALSO WEARS A JAN VERMEER PEARL EARRING.