Category: Henri Manuel
Henri Manuel · Handcuffed nude
Danseuse par Henri Manuel
Desvaux par Henri Manuel
Jeanne Desvaux, ca. 1920
Loie Fuller par Henri Manuel
Who is Musidora?
In this cigarette card […] she is dressed in her famous costume from Les vampires. It’s a typical outfit worn by the thieves operating in hotels. […] In French, those thieves are called ‘souris d’hôtel’. ‘Souricette’ being a kind of diminutive form of ‘souris’, maybe that’s where the publishers got their idea.” Quoted from Flickr
Musidora as Irma Vep
Musidora par Henri Manuel
Published in: Revue Variétés: Le Surréalisme en 1929. Bruxelles, juin 1929. Famous special issue of the Brussels magazine Variétés devoted to Surrealism in 1929 by André Breton and Louis Aragon.