Happy New Year, Blue Lady... - General Tiki

F Formikahini Tiki Socialite Houston, Texotica Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 1514	F Formikahini Posted posted on Fri, Jan 9, 2004 3:34 PM Bigbro wrote: I just want to add this: The cover of Tretchikoff's autobiography "Pigeon's Luck" and the 1974 BBC documentary "The Green Lady" do picture the OTHER Chinese Girl, "Miss Wong". Ah, then I'll DEFinitely have to admit that that was her name. I love the idea that the colors have changed, and I actually did consider that "anything sickly-ish must be green". I think that's how the Blue(er) gal had come to be confused with Miss Wong. It's funny, though, how now the green Miss W appears so less frequently in popular culture than her more turquoise sister. Was she printed more? Is her color more shockingly "off", thus she's more fun to have on one's wall? I'm voting the latter. Now, if only I could have a bigger place so I could hang my Blue(Green) Girl on MY wall, instead of having to admire her when I visit Kilikopela! Oh, I did some googling to see who called which painting what, and most refer to "'The Chinese Girl,' also known as 'The Green Lady'", some then mentioning "'Miss Wong,' aka 'The Red Jacket'". A couple did call her Blue. An example of the former: http://www.basilstreet.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&itemID=607 She seems to have mutated with time. Or at least, her name has. But as Bigbro points out, maybe her actual coloring has too! You know, we've stumbled into something cool here, folks - the shift of the popular name of a painting (The Green Lady) from one painting (Miss Wong) to another (the Chinese Girl). What if "The Mona Lisa" used to be the name of a painting of some Duke's favorite horse? Or "Luncheon on the Grass" used to be of a lovely little CLOTHED tea party? I feel a research paper coming on....NOT!!

Bigbro wrote:
I just want to add this: The cover of Tretchikoff's autobiography "Pigeon's Luck" and the 1974 BBC documentary "The Green Lady" do picture the OTHER Chinese Girl, "Miss Wong".

Ah, then I'll DEFinitely have to admit that that was her name. I love the idea that the colors have changed, and I actually did consider that "anything sickly-ish must be green". I think that's how the Blue(er) gal had come to be confused with Miss Wong.

It's funny, though, how now the green Miss W appears so less frequently in popular culture than her more turquoise sister. Was she printed more? Is her color more shockingly "off", thus she's more fun to have on one's wall? I'm voting the latter.

Now, if only I could have a bigger place so I could hang my Blue(Green) Girl on MY wall, instead of having to admire her when I visit Kilikopela!

Oh, I did some googling to see who called which painting what, and most refer to "'The Chinese Girl,' also known as 'The Green Lady'", some then mentioning "'Miss Wong,' aka 'The Red Jacket'". A couple did call her Blue. An example of the former:
http://www.basilstreet.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&itemID=607

She seems to have mutated with time. Or at least, her name has. But as Bigbro points out, maybe her actual coloring has too!

You know, we've stumbled into something cool here, folks - the shift of the popular name of a painting (The Green Lady) from one painting (Miss Wong) to another (the Chinese Girl). What if "The Mona Lisa" used to be the name of a painting of some Duke's favorite horse? Or "Luncheon on the Grass" used to be of a lovely little CLOTHED tea party? I feel a research paper coming on....NOT!!

Post #68591 by Formikahini on Fri, Jan 9, 2004 3:34 PM

Bigbro wrote: I just want to add this: The cover of Tretchikoff's autobiography "Pigeon's Luck" and the 1974 BBC documentary "The Green Lady" do picture the OTHER Chinese Girl, "Miss Wong".

Bigbro wrote:
I just want to add this: The cover of Tretchikoff's autobiography "Pigeon's Luck" and the 1974 BBC documentary "The Green Lady" do picture the OTHER Chinese Girl, "Miss Wong".