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who is the artist that drew that painting? I can't seem to find any information on "W C".

>> No.3611298

It's in the filename of your image.

>> No.3611313

>>3611298

Hahahahahaha what an OP

>> No.3611323

>>3611240

and it's a photograph.

>> No.3611352

I always thought that was a dirty blackboard.

>> No.3611364

>>3611298
I really hope you're trolling because, if you were educated enough to google that name, you'd realize that Ben is simply the photographer.

>> No.3611368

>>3611323
... no shit. The painting that witty's in front of
>>3611352
I thought the same thing until I saw the artist's initials.

>> No.3611526

>>3611364
I think anon means Ludwig Wittgenstein.

>> No.3611591

Looks like a dirty wall full of layers of years worth of graffiti to me. WC is just some kids initials.

>> No.3611593

That's the bathroom door.

>> No.3611596

>>3611526

The photograph was taken by Ben Richards in Swansea, Wales in 1947. Other than the initials WC there is nothing to suggest it's a painting. Also WC means "water closet" which a fancier way of saying bathroom which is a fancier way of saying "the place were people piss, shit and smell their own farts"

>> No.3611618

it's a photograph.
also you are now aware of the RAW above and to the right of his head

>> No.3611624

>>3611618
Boy you are a clever one. He's referring to what Ludwig is standing in front of which, to be fair, could be anything from a graffitied wall to a Cy Twombly.

>> No.3612664

>>3611368
>I thought the same thing until I saw the artist's initials.
>studient arrives to room
>Writes his initials with the finger
Must have been a concept artist.

>> No.3612707

He's in a toilet.

>> No.3612710

>>3611624
>He's referring to what Ludwig is standing in front of which, to be fair, could be anything from a graffitied wall to a Cy Twombly.

Am I the only one who thought (and still think, and always did think) that it's a chalkboard?

>> No.3612727

>>3612710
seems more like some random wall with graffiti on it.
I'm no expert when it comes to chalkboards, but the background(the dark areas) seems too inconsistent to me

>> No.3612740

>>3612727
Granted, there's a lot of chalk on it, but you can easily create that effect with erasers/chalk dust, or it could just be a board that's been used for the past 10 years.

The letters of RAW look way too much like chalk slashes to me, and the W.C. is clearly made with someone's finger, rubbing the chalk/chalk dust off.

>> No.3612744

>>3611624
The photo was taken too early to be a Cy Twombly, so I'd bet it's just a heavily graffitied wall.

>> No.3612769

It's a dirty wall at King's College, Cambridge.

>> No.3612788

>>3612769
It was taken in Swansea, Wales. But hey, cool that you pulled that locale right out of your arsehole.

>During his 1947 vacation in Swansea he brought with him his young lover Ben Richards. Under Wittgenstein’s instruction Richards took the remarkable photograph above which shows him against a heavily scratched and graffitied wall.

Oh, for fuck's sake, 4chan won't even let me link the source of the quotation above, but you could just google it and find it, I suppose. Fuck is this?

I was thoroughly wrong about it being a chalkboard, all apologies.

>> No.3612805

>>3612788
I pulled it out of Wikipedia's credit image, actually. Which is a much more smelly source than my arsehole, I'll give you that.

>> No.3612876

>>3612805
>Ludwig Wittgenstein photographed by his friend Ben Richards, an undergraduate in medicine at King's College, Cambridge; they met in 1945 and this photograph was taken in Swansea in the summer of 1947.

Is what it says on Wikipedia.

>> No.3612902
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3612902

>not one understands that this is all a language game set up by op to demonstrate operation of the maxim "originale poster sugit gallos gallinaceos"

>> No.3612958

>>3612788
I have gone my whole life thinking it was a chalkboard, what the fuck.

>> No.3612972

This is not a chalkboard? My life has been a lie.

>> No.3613443

>>3612788
>During his 1947 vacation in Swansea he brought with him his young lover Ben Richards. Under Wittgenstein’s instruction Richards took the remarkable photograph above which shows him against a heavily scratched and graffitied wall.
Thanks, anon.

>> No.3613606

>>3612902
>that pic
Dear god..

>> No.3616160

Daily reminder that Wittgenstein only lived one woman his whole life. They almost got married but she bailed when he told her it would be a sexless marriage and there would be no children because he couldn't bear bringing children into the world.

And when he brought her to Norway and saw that he lived like a 12th ascetic monk she was like "aw hell nah."

More autistic Wittgenstein anecdotes to come?