Author: Steve Melcher

 

Peter Hans Wilhardt, Danish

“Good News! We’ve Decided To Rent the Apartment. Do You Take Halibut Pay™?,” 1924

Oil on canvas

 

Alexander Pock, Austrian

“The Way I See It, You’ve Got Two Choices: Take Me For a Walk, or Spend the Rest of Your Night Googling ‘How To Get Stains Out of a Down Comforter,'” 1932

Oil on canvas 

 

Guy Pène du Bois, American

Deleted Scene on the “Annie” DVD: Daddy Warbucks and Miss Hannigan Get It On, ca. 1919

Oil on panel

Harue Koga, Japanese

Preview of the Tokyo Olympics, Where the Biathlon and Show Jumping Events Will Be Combined, 1931

Oil on canvas

Franz Gailliard, Belgian

“Okay, I’m Going To Get Back In the Cart Now, Honey — And I Don’t Want To Hear Any More Crap About Your ‘Bad Back,'” 1888

Oil on panel

 

Follower of William McGregor Paxton, American

Winner of Best Actress (Adult or Foreign Film) Realizing She Totally Forgot To Thank Her Butt Double, Date Unknown

Tempera on panel

Henry Caro-Delvaille, French

Whistler’s Mother Giving Manicures To Supplement Her Social Security, ca. 1901

Oil on canvas

 

Gebhard Fugel, German

Former King of Bavaria, David von Lëttermän, ca. 1917

Oil on canvas

Stalin Doing a Kelly Clarkson Medley at Kremlin Karaoke Night, 1933

Oil on canvas

 

Ralph Hedley, English

“Gosh Darn It. I Guess That Instruction Manual Must Have Been In Feet, Not Inches,” 1896

Oil on canvas