More bad taste art history
January 31 2012
Picture: An anonymous fridge, somewhere in south London
Following yesterday's excitement with Barbie (posed in various old master guises), and my call for more of the same, a reader writes:
A propos Barbie, do you know the Michelangelo David fridge magnet, with multiple alternative magnetic add-on bits of dress? I can't send photos, as I don't have that one, but I have the Bouguereau Venus, again with many alternative garbs - do you want photos of that?
Yes, yes we do! If you have anything similarly curious, send it in...
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