Phones are certainly a part of modern day life. Mobile phones, anyway. This week let’s study the telephone and write some words about it. Just to keep it interesting, though, I’ve gathered up three telephones of a slightly more antiquated variety. Brrrrriiinng!

Roy Lichtenstein, Ohhh… Alright…, 1964. Oil and magna on canvas. Private collection.

Richard Estes, Telephone Booths, 1967. Acrylic on masonite. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain.

Todd McLellan, Apart Phone, from Things Come Apart series, 2012. Photograph. www.toddmclellan.com