Alexander Calder and Braniff Airways — a page about Calder’s airplane paintings. Here’s something I find odd:

Four Models were painted, but before two of the models could be finished, Alexander Calder died in 1976. Out of respect to the artist, a scheme was never applied to any Braniff aircraft, only models shown above.

If I were the artist, I sure wouldn’t want my work wasted just because I died; that gives Death an unnecessary extra victory.

I heard once that Congress considered a ban on the use of film showing stunts in which a performer died — and representatives of the stuntmen’s union opposed it.