Category: 1890s

Draped female nude by Day

Fred Holland Day (1864-1933) ~ [Draped female nude lounging on the grass], ca. 1897 (detail)
Fred Holland Day (1864-1933) ~ [Draped female nude lounging on the grass], ca. 1897. Platinum print | src The Met
Fred Holland Day (1864-1933) ~ [Girl in sheer drapery on leopard skin, in nature, reclining], ca. 1897 (detail)
Fred Holland Day (1864-1933) ~ [Girl in sheer drapery on leopard skin, in nature, reclining], ca. 1897. Platinum print | src Library of Congress

Model: Elizabeth Chamberlin (1886–1960)

Right panel of the triptych Armageddon. The central panel of Day’s triptych was his iconic photo: An Ethiopian Chief

The Readers by C.H. White

Clarence H. White :: The Readers (Letitia Felix and Ada Follett), Newark, Ohio, 1897. Platinum print. (Detail)
Clarence Hudson White :: The Readers (Letitia Felix and Ada Follett), Newark, Ohio, 1897. Platinum print. (Detail)
Clarence H. White :: The Readers (Letitia Felix and Ada Follett), Newark, Ohio, 1897. Platinum print. (Detail) | src Library of Congress
Clarence Hudson White :: The Readers (Letitia Felix and Ada Follett), Newark, Ohio, 1897. Platinum print. | src Library of Congress
Clarence Hudson White :: The Readers (Letitia Felix and Ada Follett), Newark, Ohio, 1897. Platinum print. | src Library of Congress

Magic Lantern Slides, ca. 1890

Sunset on the Atlantic, ca. 1890. Glass Magic Lantern Slide. | src eBay
Filey Beach, ca. 1890. Magic Lantern Slide. George Washington Wilson (editor, publisher) | src eBay & Flickr
On the Beach at Filey, Yorkshire, ca. 1890. Magic Lantern Slide. George Washington Wilson (editor, publisher) | src eBay & Flickr

Johnston at the seaside

[Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length portrait, standing at edge of ocean, in bathing suit, with left hand on boat, facing right]; 1880-1900 | src Library of Congress
Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length portrait, standing at edge of ocean, in bathing suit, with left hand on boat, facing right, ca. 1890 | src Library of Congress

Nudes by Pierre Louÿs 1898

Pierre Louÿs :: No. 13 [From a “bullet album”], 1898. Akehurst Creative Management Ltd. | src Luminous Lint 28327 
Pierre Louÿs :: No. 13 [From a “bullet album”], 1898. Akehurst Creative Management Ltd. | src Luminous Lint 28327
Pierre Louÿs :: No. 32 [From a “bullet album”], 1898. Akehurst Creative Management Ltd. | src Luminous Lint 28328
Pierre Louÿs :: No. 32 [From a “bullet album”], 1898. Akehurst Creative Management Ltd. | src Luminous Lint 28328
La sensualità è uno degli aspetti più indagati dall’arte e più presenti fra le sale dei musei. Lo scopriremo grazie a B-Side – Il lato nascosto dell’arte, viaggio intrapreso da Caroline Pochon e Allan Rothschild attraverso la storia della rappresentazione del fondoschiena, oggetto proibito del desiderio su cui si sono concentrati gli sguardi di molti artisti. (src Artribune)
Photograph by Pierre Louÿs; from : B-Side – Il lato nascosto dell’arte : da Courbet ai migliori “lati b” mai dipinti e scolpiti | Artribune also in : La face cachée des fesses, documentaire de Caroline Pochon et Allan Rothschild