Author: Steve Melcher

Maurice Leloir, French

“Just a Heads-Up, Ma’am. I Promised To Drop My Brother and His Family Off at the Airport on the Way, So It Might Get a Little Cozy,” Date Unknown

Watercolor

Józef Chelmoński, Polish-Russian

Derek Had Gotten a Great Deal On the Wagon, But He Could See What the Previous Owner Meant About the Steering Being a Little Loose, 1881

Oil on canvas

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, British-Italian

“Honey, Be Honest. Does This Color Wash Me Out?,” 1881

Oil on canvas

Emma Ekwall, Swedish

“You Said You Wanted Me To Bring You a Pumpernickel Bagel. You Never Said I Had To Put It on a Plate,” 1881

Oil on canvas

Jean Carolus, Belgian

“What Makes This Particular Piece So Valuable Is That It’s Not Just an Exquisite Decorative Urn, It Also Doubles As an Attractive Hydroflask,” 1880

Oil on canvas

Viktor Sieger, Austrian

“My Husband Here Built the Whole Town With His Own Bare Hands. He Was Going For Sort of a Frank Gehry Thing,” 1880

Oil on canvas

Paul Friedrich Meyerheim, German

Ursula, the Original Top-Loading Washing Machine, 1880

Watercolor and gouache on paper mounted on cardboard