Of boats and foliage

rowing boat, pictorialism, mood, 1920s
Martin Imboden :: Small Boat at Zurich lake, ca. 1927. | src and © Sammlung Fotostiftung Schweiz
Martin Imboden :: Weidling auf dem Zürichsee, um 1927. Silbergelatineabzug. | src und © Sammlung Fotostiftung Schweiz
Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: On Lake Como, 1909; Platinum print. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art (P1983.23.115)
Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: On Lake Como, 1909; Platinum print. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art (P1983.23.115)

Peter Pathé in Groteske, 1922

From : Walter Schnackenberg : Kostüme, Plakate und Dekorationen. Zweite Auflage. München, Musarion 1922. | src Ketterer Kunst
From : Walter Schnackenberg : Kostüme, Plakate und Dekorationen. Zweite Auflage. München, Musarion 1922. | src Ketterer Kunst
Greiner :: Peter Pathé in Groteske. From a book of Schnackenberg's works, published in Munich in 1922 by Musarion. | src Ketterer Kunst
Greiner :: Peter Pathé in Groteske. From a book of Schnackenberg’s works, published in Munich in 1922 by Musarion. | src Ketterer Kunst
Peter Pathé in Groteske. Photo by Greiner. Costume design: Walter Schnackenberg. | src L'Affichiste
Peter Pathé in Groteske. Photo by Greiner. Costume design: Walter Schnackenberg. | src L’Affichiste

Aranyfüst by Medgyes (1913)

art nouveau, jugendstil
Aranyfüst. Illustrations and book decoration by Ladislas Medgyes. Budapest, Ráth Mór, 1913. | src Jeschke van Vliet
Aranyfüst. Illustrations and book decoration by Ladislas Medgyes. Budapest, Ráth Mór, 1913. | src Jeschke van Vliet
Aranyfüst. Illustrations and book decoration by Ladislas Medgyes. Budapest, Ráth Mór, 1913. | src Jeschke van Vliet
Aranyfüst. Illustrationen sowie Buchschmuck von Ladislas Medgyes. Budapest, Ráth Mór, 1913. | src Jeschke van Vliet
Aranyfüst. Illustrations and book decoration by Ladislas Medgyes. Budapest, Ráth Mór, 1913. | src Jeschke van Vliet
Aranyfüst. Illustrations and book decoration by Ladislas Medgyes. Budapest, Ráth Mór, 1913. | src Jeschke van Vliet

One of the most beautiful Hungarian Art Nouveau books. It contains twenty short stories by Ladislas Medgyes, the Hungarian avant-garde graphic artist and stage designer. His first exhibitions were held in the gallery of the most important Hungarian avant-garde magazine “MA”, which also published his works in print. From the 1920s he lived in Paris, where he founded his school (École Medgyes pour la Technique du Théâtre) of stage design together with the Hungarian architect Erno Goldfinger. He worked as an interior designer all over Europe and in the USA. (quoted from Jeschke Van Vliet)

Visions de danse (1949)

Visions de Danse. Trente compositions dessinees et gravees a la pointe seche par le peintre et graveur Almery Lobel-Riche. Paris, chez l'artiste, 1949.
Visions de Danse. Compositions dessinees et gravees a la pointe seche par le peintre et graveur Almery Lobel-Riche. Paris, chez l’artiste, 1949. | src Jeschke van Vliet Auktionen
Visions de Danse. Trente compositions dessinees et gravees a la pointe seche par le peintre et graveur Almery Lobel-Riche. Paris, chez l'artiste, 1949.
Visions de Danse. Compositions dessinees et gravees a la pointe seche par le peintre et graveur Almery Lobel-Riche. Paris, chez l’artiste, 1949. | src Jeschke van Vliet Auktionen

Cahun · selfportraits with cat

selfportrait with cat, lucy schwob, marcel moore
Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore :: Lucie and kid, Nantes, vers 1926. Tirage argentique. | src Christie's
Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore :: Lucie and Kid, Nantes, vers 1926. Tirage argentique. | src Christie’s, also MAM

“Lucy and Kid”. Nantes, ca.1926. Original silver print. This piece seems to close the series of “self-portraits with a glass globe” (1926), which initiates complex manipulations, technical processes that Claude Cahun (along with Marcel Moore) will later use for photomontages (1929-1939). Note the disturbing position of the suspended cat, held above the void against a background reminiscent of the decor of an expressionist film.

Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore :: Autoportrait au Chat, ca. 1927. Tirage argentique sépia. | src Musée d'art de Nantes
Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore :: Autoportrait au Chat, ca. 1927. Tirage argentique sépia. | src Musée d’art de Nantes

Japanese birds (1880s)

Ornithologisches Manuskript mit 58 meist farbigen Vogelgouachen. Japan, Meiji 13 (um 1880) | src Jeschke van Vliet Auktionen
Sparrows. Ornithological manuscript with 58 mostly colored bird gouaches. Japan, Meiji 13 (ca. 1880) | src Jeschke van Vliet Auktionen
Ornithological manuscript with 58 mostly colored bird gouaches. Japan, Meiji 13 (ca. 1880) | src Jeschke van Vliet Auktionen
Ornithologisches Manuskript mit 58 meist farbigen Vogelgouachen. Japan, Meiji 13 (um 1880) | src Jeschke van Vliet Auktionen
Ornithological manuscript with 58 mostly colored bird gouaches. Japan, Meiji 13 (ca. 1880) | src Jeschke van Vliet Auktionen
Ornithological manuscript with 58 mostly colored bird gouaches. Japan, Meiji 13 (ca. 1880) | src Jeschke van Vliet Auktionen

Claude Cahun Cat 1925-1940

Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob) :: Chat à la vasque, 1925 - 1930. Vintage silver print on Velox paper. | src Sotheby's
Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob) :: Chat à la vasque, 1925 – 1930. Vintage silver print on Velox paper. | src Sotheby’s
Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob) :: Chat à la cloche, 1925 - 1930. Vintage silver print on Velox paper. | src Sotheby's
Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob) :: Chat à la cloche, 1925 – 1930. Vintage silver print on Velox paper. | src Sotheby’s
Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob) :: La chambre du chat. Gelatin silver print signed, titled, and dated 1940 in ink on the reverse. | src Sotheby's
Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob) :: La chambre du chat. Gelatin silver print signed, titled, and dated 1940 in ink on the reverse. | src Sotheby’s

Jack Thwaites’ Tasmania

landscape, tasmania, 1930s
Geilston Bay. Denison Range - Christmas 1935-1936. From the Jack Thwaites Photographic Collections. Libraries Tasmania's online collection NS3195/2/2217
Denison Range – Christmas 1935-1936. From the Jack Thwaites Photographic Collections. Libraries Tasmania‘s online collection NS3195/2/2217
Hobart Walking Club on Mt Arthur, 1948. From the Jack Thwaites Photographic Collections. Libraries Tasmania's online collection | permalink
Hobart Walking Club on Mt Arthur, 1948. From the Jack Thwaites Photographic Collections. Libraries Tasmania‘s online collection | permalink
Rocking Stone boulder on granite base north of Deep Creek near Eddystone Point. 11 Aug 1960. From the Jack Thwaites Photographic Collections. Libraries Tasmania's online collection | permalink
Rocking Stone boulder on granite base north of Deep Creek near Eddystone Point. 11 Aug 1960. From the Jack Thwaites Photographic Collections. Libraries Tasmania‘s online collection | permalink