because we all need to dream a little
Specter of the Gardenia by Marcel Jean, 1936. Plaster head with painted black cloth, zippers, and strip of film on velvet-covered wood base, 35 x 17.6 x 25 cm. The Museum of Modern Art, New York City.

From MOMA:


  With zippers for eyes and a filmstrip collar around its neck, this figure composes an anxious portrait, but its tactile surface of black cloth, faded red velvet, and zippers is charged with the eroticism of imagined touch.

Specter of the Gardenia by Marcel Jean, 1936. Plaster head with painted black cloth, zippers, and strip of film on velvet-covered wood base, 35 x 17.6 x 25 cm. The Museum of Modern Art, New York City.

From MOMA:

With zippers for eyes and a filmstrip collar around its neck, this figure composes an anxious portrait, but its tactile surface of black cloth, faded red velvet, and zippers is charged with the eroticism of imagined touch.