Do Not Die, 1968

W. S. Merwin, 1927-2019, American 

 

 

In each world they may put us

farther apart

 

 

 

 

Spring in Central Park, oil on canvas, 1914.  William Zorach, 1889-1966, American born Lithuania.  Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

 

 

do not die

 

 

 

Spring, 1935, oil on canvas.  Francis Picabia, 1879-1953, French.  Pompidou Center, Paris on loan to MOMA, NY in 2017

 

 

as this world is made  I might live

forever

 

 

 

 

‘Heart Cone’ chair, designed 1959, glass-fiber reinforced plastic laminate, stainless steel, polyurethane foam, wool upholstery.  Philadelphia Museum of Art