"The Life of an Eyebrow": John Evarts remembered by students
Panel text reads:
The Lift of an Eyebrow
Words by William McCleary
Music by John Evarts
August-1939
Lilting tempo a’la Rhumba
I see now / in the lift of an eye-brow / love-ly sign that makes this heart of mine stop do-ing what it ought to / do-oo / when you’re near / hap-py boy if you drink to me on-ly with thine eye-brows / come, come my lovely-ly love-r to become house a-no-ther / eye-brow with me / an eye-brow right-ly lift-ed can / tell how true lov-ers feel, it makes the / and your eye-brow is up dear I’m / far too weak to ev-en try to speak but I can life by eye-brow / to-oo beer is for the / hoi-pol-loi ; bran-dy’s for the high-brows I be a happy / best ap-peal, so tell a-bout your love with an eye-brow-

Artwork: 1995.66.1

"The Life of an Eyebrow": John Evarts remembered by students

1995
Photographs and photocopied paper on foam board
This work was created for the 1995 exhibition Remembering Black Mountain College curated by Mary Emma Harris in conjunction with Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and the BMC alumni reunion organized by Mary Holden Thompson, founding director of BMCM+AC.
24 x 18 inches
In copyright
Unknown artist, "The Life of an Eyebrow": John Evarts remembered by students, 1995. Photographs and photocopied paper on foam board. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the artist.
John Evarts
1995 Remembering Black Mountain College Exhibition and Alumni Reunion Collection
Remembering Black Mountain College