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Artist: Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Created: 1916 Dimensions (cm): 58 x 70 Format: Oil, Canvas, Mixture and Varnish Location: Calouste Gulbenkian Museum Parto da Viola is a modernist piece by the Portuguese artist, Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso. Hailing from Amarante in northern Portugal, Amadeo is a somewhat lesser-known, albeit extraordinary, painter. He is also the first Portuguese artist to be featured by Curator Socks. At first glance, Parto da Viola may appear random and chaotic but upon further interpretation transmits imagination, emotion, and symbolism. It is a true delight for the senses, with its design delivering a sensory experience to the viewer. The keyhole stimulating the gaze, the viola, sound, and the strawberry, taste. Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso was a pioneer for modernism in Portugal and Europe. His exhibitions in the USA were received with renowned success, sparking the beginning of a prominent international career. Sadly, Amadeo passed away at the age of 30, as a result of the Spanish flu. His work and legacy went forgotten for many decades until recent years, where it is now beginning to receive the international acclamation it deserves. 80% Combed Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Elastane. Made in Portugal using the most advanced craftsmanship to produce the finest seamless socks. Wash inside out (40ºC/100ºF max). Do not tumble dry, iron.

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Not many album covers credit the author on the cover itself. On the other hand, not many albums get to have their covers designed by Andy Warhol, the king of Pop-Art. It was actually Andy’s idea to include a new lead singer in the band: the german actress/model/singer Nico. The band’s reluctance in accepting their mentor’s suggestion is evident in the name of the album. In the first editions, the banana was actually a removable sticker that the owner was invited to peel, revealing a pink, flesh-like banana underneath. “Peel slowly and see,” said the invitation. Composition 80% Combed Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Elastane. We use seamless knitting to create a sock with no stitches. Wash inside out (40ºC/100ºF max). Do not tumble dry, iron, bleach or dry clean.

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Artist: Piet Mondrian Created: 1930 Dimensions (cm): 59.5 × 59.5 Format: Oil and paper on canvas Location: Private Collection Composition II in Red Blue and Yellow is a 1930 painting by Piet Mondrian and a variation of Composition in Red Blue and Yellow from the precedent year. In the well-known work of abstraction, Mondrian focuses on the material properties of paint and its unique ability to express ideas using formal elements such as line and color. Thick, black brushwork defines the borders of the different geometric figures. Comparably, the black brushwork on the canvas is very minimal but it is masterfully applied to become one of the defining features of the work. 80% Combed Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Elastane. Made in Portugal using the most advanced craftsmanship to produce the finest seamless socks. Wash inside out (40ºC/100ºF max). Do not tumble dry, iron.

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Jazz emerged in the late 19th century in the United States and quickly became one of the most influential musical genres of its time. With its improvisational flair, jazz was a musical playground where musicians could create their own harmonies and explore new rhythms. But jazz is more than just music. For African American musicians, jazz was a powerful tool of expression that conveyed their culture and identity, broke down racial barriers, and brought together musicians of different races and backgrounds. Jazz music was also a force for social change, paving the way for acceptance and understanding. So let's celebrate the Birth of the Cool by swinging to the rhythm and pulling out our jazz hands! Composition 80% Combed Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Elastane. We use seamless knitting to create a sock with no stitches. Wash inside out (40ºC/100ºF max). Do not tumble dry, iron, bleach or dry clean.

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Artist: Paul Signac Created: 1890 Dimensions (cm): 73.5 x 92.5 Format: Oil on canvas Location: Museum of Modern Art, New York City Felix Fénéon was not an artist himself, but around the turn of the 20th century he was an integral part of the Parisian art scene and one of its most fascinating characters. Felix was an art dealer, collector, curator, political activist, critic, and friend of Signac who shared his interests in science and Japanese prints. He discovered Georges Seurat and coined the term Neo-Impressionism, an art movement that Seurat would lead with Paul Signac. This painting is a pulsating affirmation of Neo-impressionist theory and pointillist technique. The swirling patterns in the background create a kaleidoscopic colour wheel with abstract designs in eight sectors meeting at a central point, contrasting with the foreground figurative portrait of Fénéon and the flower. Signac portrayed him in an unusual and eye-catching work, a worthy tribute to Felix's own life. 80% Combed Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Elastane. Made in Portugal using the most advanced craftsmanship to produce the finest seamless socks. Wash inside out (40ºC/100ºF max). Do not tumble dry, iron.

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There are only two types of U2 fans: the ones that love them and the ones who hate them. But they're both equally passionate about it. War was their third album but the first where the band found their true political voice. The boy on the cover is Peter Rowen whose face has appeared on several other U2 covers. The accusing look in his eyes and the cut on his lip make a powerful statement. One that means to prompt reflection for all. 80% Combed Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Elastane. Made in Portugal using the most advanced craftsmanship to produce the finest seamless socks. Wash inside out (40ºC/100ºF max). Do not tumble dry, iron.

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Artist: Theo van Doesburg Created: 1920 Dimensions (cm): 130 x 80.5 Format: oil, canvas Location: Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, France Theo van Doesburg was the founder of De Stijl. Later in his work, his intense passion for diagonal lines caused a breakup with the right-angular Mondrian. About this more perpendicular phase of his work though, he asserted it as "a completely flat composition in which the central point is outside the painting". Tetris anyone? 🤓 80% Combed Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Elastane. Made in Portugal using the most advanced craftsmanship to produce the finest seamless socks. Wash inside out (40ºC/100ºF max). Do not tumble dry, iron.

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Even though it was only with the second single of this record (“Do I wanna know?”) that the Arctic Monkeys made it to the Billboard’s top 100 for the first time, “AM” was already their 5th studio work. With already a big cult of followers in the UK, the Arctic Monkeys crossed the pond to America, and to the question “R U Mine?”, the world responded very positively. AM became the most iconic and successful of their creations, playing around with the band's initials and the physics of sound waves and radio transmission. 80% Combed Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Elastane. Made in Portugal using the most advanced craftsmanship to produce the finest seamless socks. Wash inside out (40ºC/100ºF max). Do not tumble dry, iron.

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Artist: Hilma af Klint Created: 1907 Dimensions (cm): 315 x 235 Format: Tempera on paper mounted on canvas Location: The Hilma af Klint Foundation, Stockholm “No. 7, Adulthood” is part of “The Ten Largest” series of the “Paintings for the Temple”, where each number represents a stage of development in one’s life from childhood to adulthood. Although often perceived as “another” abstract painting, these groundbreaking artworks were developed in the early years of the 20th century, before Kandinsky and Mondrian. This is a composition of swirling shapes, different from any physical reference, portrayed in soft yet bold pastel colors against a lilac background punctuated with lines, that invites you to step in and float away. Believing to be ahead of her time, Klint requested that they'd only be shown in public 20 years after her death. In 1986, 40 years after her death, they were finally presented to the world. 80% Combed Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Elastane. Made in Portugal using the most advanced craftsmanship to produce the finest seamless socks. Wash inside out (40ºC/100ºF max). Do not tumble dry, iron.

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There was a lot of mystery around the release of "Unknown Pleasures". A debut album, with no names or pictures of the band, no explanations, and no internet in 1979 to find out. What were those lines? What did they represent? Mountains? Waves? Today our lives are easier, and any search engine will help us find the January 1971 edition of Scientific American magazine, and Harold D. Craft Jr’s Ph.D. thesis on “Radio Observations of the Pulse Profiles and Dispersion Measures of Twelve Pulsars”. Then the original image was republished in the 1977 Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy, and then it featured Joy Division’s debut album, and then it became every post-punk teenager washed out t-shirt. 80% Combed Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Elastane. Made in Portugal using the most advanced craftsmanship to produce the finest seamless socks. Wash inside out (40ºC/100ºF max). Do not tumble dry, iron.

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Artist: Franz Marc Created: 1913 Dimensions (cm): 88 × 66 Format: oil on canvas Location: Private collection 'The Foxes' is a 1913 painting by Franz Marc, a key figure of German Expressionism. It perfectly encapsulates everything that makes Marc's work so fascinating. The dynamism, sensational colour and incredible balance just draw the viewer's attention to it. Perfectly capturing the elusive nature of the subject, the animals almost seem to be hidden, and once they are seen clearly, they are fragmented as though we are seeing them through the shards of a shattered window. It has recently become the centre of attention of every major art collector in the world when it went up for auction, fetching a whopping £42.6 million, following a controversial legal dispute to assert its rightful owners. This painting was purchased in 1928 by Jewish investment banker Kurt Grawi. In November 1938, during Kristallnacht, Grawi was imprisoned and sent to a concentration camp, from which he was able to escape to Chile. In letters written to friends, it became known that he smuggled the painting to Paris, meaning to have it shipped to New York so he could sell it and thus finance his forced exile. The painting switched hands several times in the years after his death in Santiago do Chile in 1945. In 1960 its owner, a German department store owner, gifted the painting to the Dusseldorf City Art Collection, ending up at the Kunstpalast Art Museum. In 2015, Grawi's heirs submitted a claim for restitution to which officials in Dusseldorf argued that Grawi had indeed received fair compensation for the sale of the painting, making it legal and not a direct result of Nazi persecution. In 2021, the German government set up a special committee to evaluate if this situation could be compared to the Nazi looting of art. Despite much debate, the committee ultimately recommended the restitution to Grawi's heirs, which the City of Dusseldorf finally did in January 2022. 80% Combed Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Elastane. Made in Portugal using the most advanced craftsmanship to produce the finest seamless socks. Wash inside out (40ºC/100ºF max). Do not tumble dry, iron.

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Punk was never just about music, a specific hairstyle or wardrobe. Punk is about being true to yourself, saying what you think and having a general zero-fucks-given attitude toward the establishment. Sure, the music played a big part in the spread of the movement. Ramones, The Clash, Black Flag, Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys, along with The Stooges and punk's O.G. Iggy Pop, just to name a few. So, is punk dead? Not at all. It's alive and it won. How? By never taking itself too seriously and staying true to core values of respect, tolerance and equality. Signs that it's still spreading are everywhere, even if new obstacles will always keep popping up. If you think you've lost it, perhaps you never had it 🎸🏴‍☠️ 80% Combed Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Elastane. Made in Portugal using the most advanced craftsmanship to produce the finest seamless socks. Wash inside out (40ºC/100ºF max). Do not tumble dry, iron.