Ladybird Cleveland

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

"I was a fly chick when I was young." ~ The artist Ladybird Cleveland, now Strickland, to a reporter in 2012 in a story about an exhibition of her paintings. Ms. Strickland, the mother of legendary fashion model Pat Cleveland, was photographed here by Carl Van Vechten on September 21, 1954. Photo: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library