Author: un regard oblique

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Nu féminin allongé, 1945

Laure Albin-Guillot (1879-1962) :: Nu féminin allongé, 1945 | Lying nude, 1945. Fresson print, signed and dated in pencil in lower right corner. | src Ader auctions
Laure Albin-Guillot (1879-1962) :: Nu féminin allongé, 1945 | Lying nude, 1945. Fresson print, signed and dated in pencil in lower right corner. | src Ader auctions
Laure Albin-Guillot (1879-1962) :: Nu féminin allongé, 1945 | Lying nude, 1945. Fresson print, signed and dated in pencil in lower right corner. | src Ader auctions
Laure Albin-Guillot (1879-1962) :: Nu féminin allongé, 1945 | Lying nude, 1945. Fresson print, signed and dated in pencil in lower right corner. | src Ader auctions

The Breeze (1909) by Brigman

Anne W. Brigman :: The Breeze, 1909, printed 1915, gelatin silver print. | src Wilson Center of Photography via via L’œil de la Photographie
Anne W. Brigman (American 1869-1950) :: The Breeze, 1909, printed 1915, gelatin silver print. | src Wilson Center of Photography via via L’œil de la Photographie
Anne W. Brigman (American 1869-1950) :: The Breeze, ca. 1910. Warm-toned gelatin silver print, signed in ink on the image. | src Bonhams

The Soul of the Blasted Pine, 1906

Anne W. Brigman :: The Soul of the Blasted Pine, 1906. | src Wilson Centre of Photography via L’œil de la Photographie

The Cleft of the Rock, 1907

Anne W. Brigman :: The Cleft of the Rock, circa 1907, photogravure print. | src The Michael G. and C. Jane Wilson 2007 Trust via L’œil de la Photographie

Josephine Baker portrait

Harcourt Studio, Paris :: African American dancer and singer Josephine Baker, a head and shoulders pose, wearing an attractive costume. Signed in bold dark ink ‘Josephine Baker’. Undated. | src Drouot

Tanagra, Gnossiennes 2-3, 1927

Unknown photographer. Martha Graham in Tanagra. Trois Gnossiennes (Erik Satie’s Gnossiennes 2 & 3), February 1927. | src and hi-res Library of Congress

Nude in nature, 1912

Williamina Parrish :: Nude young person viewed from subject’s back sitting on a boulder in a forested area. Signed Williamina Parrish, 1912. | src SLPL, Grace and Williamina Parrish Photograph Collection

La mort (naufrage) de Virginie

Jean Baptiste Bertrand :: Gravure reproduction of “La Mort de Virginie”, 1869. Goupil & Cie, Paris. Based on the oil painting (Jean Baptiste Bertrand, aka James Bertrand). | src RMN-Grand Palais
Jean Baptiste Bertrand :: Gravure reproduction of “La Mort de Virginie”, 1869. Goupil & Cie, Paris. Based on the oil painting (Jean Baptiste Bertrand, aka James Bertrand). | src RMN-Grand Palais

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Naufrage de Virginie / Gravure de Barthélémy Joseph Fulcran Roger (1767 – 1841), d’après Pierre Paul Prud’hon (1758 – 1823)
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Paul et Virginie. Paris: Pierre Didot l’Ainé, 1806.
Engraving after Prudhon. Luxury edition put together by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. | src Bonhams