“The Rolls Royce of Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles” -Smithsonian Magazine, 1990
Eugene Mihaesco was born in Romania in 1937 and studied art in Bucharest. He left Romania in 1967 and after first settling in Switzerland he went to New York, becoming a regular contributor to The New York Times, Time magazine, The New Yorker magazine where he published 70 covers between 1972-1992. He also contributed to many other major US and European publications. Mihaesco taught at the Pratt Institute, had one-man shows at the St. Etienne gallery in New York, at Centre Pompidou in Paris, and also participated with ten drawings in the group exhibition called “Art of Times” at the “Musée des Arts Décoratifs”- Louvre, 1974. Among his many awards is the 1985 Gold Medal from the Art Directors Club of New York.
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Requires extra concentration |
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Requires extra concentration & patience |
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Requires extra concentration, patience & aspirin |
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Requires extra concentration, patience, aspirin & Valium |
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Hors d'oeuvres-taste Stave shenanigans. |
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Faint of heart? This may be your limit? |
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Be prepared to do battle. |
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If they made Pepto Bismol for the brain, this is when you would need it. |
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What part of 'impossible' don't you understand? |
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You’re feeling like a genius! |
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You start to strain your brain! |
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Frustration creeps in! |
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The real agony begins! |
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Hair pulling, expletives, and screaming ensue! Get the POINT?! |
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If you haven't gotten the POINT yet... ☠️ |
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Holy Smokes! You did it! |
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You feel feverish as your temperature begins to rise. |
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Requires you to loosen your collar and let out some steam. |
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Be prepared for an eruption, you might as well throw yourself into an inferno! |
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Good for your heart. |
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Gets your heart racing. |
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Your heart might skip a beat. |
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Time to monitor your heart rate. |