Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Kneeling nude woman 1912

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Two standing women 1913

Paul Eluard

« The curve of your eyes circles my heart,
A circle of dance and sweetness,
A halo of time, a safe and nocturnal cradle,
And if I no longer know all that I have lived
It is because your eyes have not always seen me.

Leaves of day and foam of dew,
Reeds of the wind, perfumed smiles,
Wings covering the world with light,
Boats laden with sky and sea,
Hunters of noises and sources of colors,

Perfumes hatched from a brood of dawns
Which always lies on the straw of the stars,
As the day depends on innocence
The whole world depends on your pure eyes
And all my blood flows in their gazes. » (Paul Eluard, Capitale de la douleur, 1926)

Romy Schneider and Alain Delon in La piscine directed by Jacques Deray in 1969

Unidentified photographer

Unknown photographer. Still life with butterflies 1910. Autochrome

Unidentified photographer

Unknown photographer. Seated nude woman 1910s. Autochrome

Unidentified photographer

Unknown photographer. Standing woman with drapery 1910. Autochrome

Unidentified photographer

Unknown photographer. Seated nude woman 1910. Autochrome

Marius Gaston Richard

Marius Gaston Richard. Young girl on beach 1908. Autochrome

Albert de Lapparent

Albert de Lapparent. Nane 1924. Autochrome

Albert de Lapparent

Albert de Lapparent. Nane 1921. Autochrome

Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse. Nasturtiums 1911

Anna Riwkin

Anna Riwkin. The dancer Astrid Malmborg 1933

Anna Riwkin

Anna Riwkin. The dancer Birgit Cullberg 1960

Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall. Animal in flowers 1952

Pablo Neruda

« It was thirst, hunger, and you were the fruit.
It was mourning, ruins, and you were the miracle.
Woman, woman, how could you lock me up
in the cross of your arms, the earth of your soul. » (Pablo Neruda)

Bruno Dumas

Bruno Dumas. Untitled 2024

Anna Riwkin

Anna Riwkin. Anna as Nefertiti 1930

Rainer Maria Rilke

« Alone, oh abundant flower,
you create your own space;
you reflect yourself in a mirror
of scent.

Your perfume surrounds like other petals
your innumerable chalice.
I hold you back, you spread out,
prodigious actress. » (Rainer Maria Rilke, The Roses)

Marcel Meys

Marcel Meys. Untitled 1920s. Autochrome

Frantisek Drtikol

Frantisek Drtikol. Dance study 1919

Albert Camus

« We must have one love, one great love in our life, since it gives us an alibi for all the moments when we are filled with despair.” (Albert Camus)

Paul Klee

Paul Klee. Colorful lightning 1927

Paul Klee

Paul Klee. Town castle 1932

Paul Klee

Paul Klee. Chosen site 1927

Paul Klee

Paul Klee. Asiatic god 1924

Paul Klee

Paul Klee. Little blue devil 1933

Paul Klee

Paul Klee. Abstruse 1934

Paul Klee

Paul Klee. Semi-circle against angle 1932

Paul Klee

Paul Klee. Configuration perspective 1925

Paul Klee

Paul Klee. Departure of the ghost 1931

Paul Klee

Paul Klee. Feather plant 1919

Paul Klee

Paul Klee. The dancer 1932

Paul Klee

Paul Klee. Sealed woman 1930

« Two sparks do not make a fire. They only give the impulse, not the passion that ignites infinity. » (DantéBéa)

Paul Klee

Paul Klee. The path to blue 1934

René Magritte

René Magritte. The night of Pisa 1952

Dolores del Rio

The actress Dolores del Rio holding a cigarette 1932

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Seated woman on rock 1933

Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt. Naked woman stretching 1910

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Woman with hat 1913

Pablo Neruda

« He dies slowly
He who avoids passion
And its whirlwind of emotions
Those that restore light
in the eyes
And mend wounded hearts. » (Pablo Neruda)

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Seated woman picking a flower 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Untitled 1933

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Untitled 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Canyon nymph 1920

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Canyon nymph 1925

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Canyon depths 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Untitled 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Canyon depths 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Untitled 1925

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Nude woman with raised arms 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Untitled 1925

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Untitled 1925

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Standing nude looking at leaves 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Seated woman under branches 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Nude woman on a rock 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Nude woman looking at branches 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Nude woman on a rock 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Standing nude on rocks 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Seated nude on a rock 1935

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Woman on rock looking at flowers 1930

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Nude on a rock 1920

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Standing nude on a rock 1920s

Hanna Forman. Standing nude on a rock 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Seated nude woman on a rock 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Canyon fragrance 1930s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Canyon nymph 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Standing nude woman with raised arms 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Untitled 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Nude woman with drapery 1920s

Hanna Forman

Hanna Forman. Seated nude woman with flowers 1920s

Julian Mandel

Julian Mandel for Alfred Noyer Studio. Reclining woman on grass 1920s

Julian Mandel

Julian Mandel. Untitled 1920

Julian Mandel

Julian Mandel. Standing nude woman. Hand-colored French postcard 1910

Georges Bataille

« My rage to love looks out on death like a window on the courtyard. » (Georges Bataille)

Hans Bellmer

Hans Bellmer. Unica with the sexual eye 1961

Hans Bellmer. Unica with the sexual eye 1961

Emmanuel Kant

« The ridiculous thing is that we cultivate appearances against others to the point of imagining that they are the truth… » (Emmanuel Kant)

Unidentified photographer

Unidentified photographer. Nude study 1891

Hans Bellmer

Hans Bellmer. The doll (torso)

Hans Bellmer

Hans Bellmer. Cover from the book The doll

James Joyce

« Nora, my faithful darling, my little schoolgirl rascal with sweet eyes, be my whore, my mistress, as much as you please (my little wanker mistress! my little fuck whore!) you are still my splendid wildflower of the hedges, my rain-drenched midnight-blue flower. » (James Joyce, Letters to Nora)

Unidentified photographer

Unidentified photographer. The dancer Lucia Joyce, Paris 1925

Unidentified photographer. The dancer Lucia Joyce, Paris 1925

Unidentified photographer

Unidentified photographer. The dancer Lucia Joyce, Ostende 1924

Pablo Neruda

« Your eyes don’t fit in your face,
Your eyes don’t fit on the ground.
There are countries, there are rivers
in your eyes,
my country is in your eyes,
I walk for them,
they give light to the world
where I walk. » (Pablo Neruda)

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Woman with shirt up 1913

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Woman with raised skirt 1913. Personal scan, Kallir 1252

György Kepes

György Kepes. With lines 1939

György Kepes

György Kepes. Eyes in mirror 1940

György Kepes

György Kepes. Juliet’s shadow caged 1939

György Kepes

György Kepes. Untitled 1938. Photogram

György Kepes

György Kepes. Juliet Kepes with feather peacock and red leaf 1937

György Kepes

György Kepes. Juliet Kepes with feather peacock and paint 1930

György Kepes

György Kepes. Juliet Kepes 1938

György Kepes

György Kepes. Juliet’s shadow caged 1939

György Kepes

György Kepes. Solarized portrait of Juliet Kepes 1942

György Kepes

György Kepes. Untitled 1939

György Kepes

György Kepes. Juliet Kepes 1938

György Kepes

György Kepes. Untitled 1958

György Kepes

György Kepes. Solarization 1938

György Kepes

György Kepes. Hand and geometry 1939