
Pierre-Louis Pierson :: “Beatrice”, portrait of Comtesse de Castiglione, 1860’s
/ source: The Red List
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Pierre-Louis Pierson :: “Beatrice”, portrait of Comtesse de Castiglione, 1860’s
/ source: The Red List
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It has been suggested that this photograph, the only [known] nude by de Meyer, has some connection to the Ballets Russes, but the nature of that link remains mysterious. The image vibrates with an uneasy erotic tension, a product of the figure’s exposed torso, startled body language, and disguised identity. (quoted from The Met)

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Vincenzo Balocchi ::
Palmira e il gatto / Palmyra and the cat, ca. 1950 / src : Italian Ways
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Hartsook Photo Studio :: Actress Mary Pickford writing at a desk, San Francisco, California, 23 March 1918. / src: Library of Congress
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Frances Benjamin Johnston :: Isadora Duncan’s dancers, seven women, no date / source: L. of Congress
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