Walter Bird

Walter Bird. Nude in the forest 1938

Walter Bird

Walter Bird. Nude 1938

Walter Bird

Walter Bird. Two nude women 1937

Walter Bird

Walter Bird. Nude 1938

Walter Bird

Walter Bird. Nude 1938

Walter Bird

Walter Bird. Nude 1938

Laura Miller

“Dreams would always end with you, and then mornings would steal you away with a cruelty that haunted my days.” (Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds)

Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch. Les solitaires 1899

Photographe non identifié

Photographe non identifié. Nu de dos dans les bois vers 1950

Photographe anonyme

Photographe anonyme. Femme nue 1910

Edgar Alan Poe

« Many years ago
in a kingdom by the sea
There lived a maiden that you may know
named Annabel Lee.
And this maiden lived without another thought
than to love me and be loved by me.
We were both children
in this kingdom by the sea
but we loved with a love that was more than love
me and my Annabel Lee
with love than the winged seraphim of heaven
They envied her and me.
And for this reason, a long time ago,
in this kingdom by the sea
a wind blew from a cloud
that chilled my beloved Annabel Lee.
And her high-born relatives came
and they took her away from me
to lock her in a tomb
in this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, discontented in heaven,
They envied her and me.
For this reason the wind came out of the cloud at night
to freeze and kill my Annabel Lee.
But our love was much stronger
than that of those older
or wiser than us.
And not even the angels up in heaven
not even the demons under the sea
They will never be able to separate my soul from the soul
by the beautiful Annabel Lee.
Well the moon never shines without bringing me dreams
by the beautiful Annabel Lee
and the stars never shine without me feeling their eyes radiant
by the beautiful Annabel Lee
and when the night tide comes, I lie down right next to it
of my beloved – my beloved – my life and my fiancée
in her grave there by the sea
in her grave by the noisy Sea. » (Edgar Allan Poe)

Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp. Please touch, cover design for the Surréalisme 1947

Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp. Study for Given 1949

Max Kaus

Max Kaus. Figurative composition 1950

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Two women embracing 1911

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso. Seated nude (Jacqueline) 1956

Max Ernst

Tribute to Max Ernst

Caroll Borland

The actress Caroll Borland in Mark of the Vampire directed by Tod Browning in 1935

Caroll Borland

The actress Caroll Borland in Mark of the Vampire directed by Tod Browning in 1935

Piet Mondrian

Piet Mondrian. Reclining nude 1912. Charcoal on paper

Mary Wigman

Forough Farrokhzad

“One night, from beyond the darkness like a star I will come to you.
On the wings of the running wind of the world, I will come to pick you up with joy.
Filled with tenderness and intoxication, like a beautiful summer day, I will offer you a skirt full of wild mountain tulips.
One night, I will knock on your door, your heart will tremble in your chest.
The door will open and my eager body will slide into your warm arms.
In these moments of intoxication, you will no longer see my childish gaze arguing with modesty.
One night, if you call my name, I will invite you to dreamland.
I will dance like mermaids on the waves of your memory.
One night, my thirsty lips will burn with joy in the fire of your lips.
My eyes will fix their hope on the destination of your gaze.
One night, of Venus, the charming goddess,
I will learn the games of love.
Like a light born from the belly of darkness, I will kindle a fire near you.
O you, eyes fixed on the path!
It’s me who will come to you,
On the wings of the running wind of the world, I will come for you with joy. »(Forough Farrokhzad)

Max Ernst

Max Ernst. Chinese nightingale 1920

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Seated nude woman 1918

Max Ernst

Max Ernst. Flowers of sea-shells 1929

Max Ernst

Max Ernst. The fruit of years of experience 1919

Pat Benatar

« Many times I tried to tell you
Many times I cried alone
Always I’m surprised how well you cut my feelings to the bone
Don’t want to leave you really
I’ve invested too much time to give you up that easy
To the doubts that complicate your mind
We belong to the light, we belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words we’ve both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace for worse or for better
We belong, we belong, we belong together
Maybe it’s a sign of weakness when I don’t know what to say
Maybe I just wouldn’t know what to do with my strength anyway
Have we become a habit? Do we distort the facts?
Now there’s no looking forward
Now there’s no turning back
When you say
We belong to the light, we belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words we’ve both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace for worse or for better
We belong, we belong, we belong together
Close your eyes and try to sleep now
Close your eyes and try to dream
Clear your mind and do your best to try and wash the palette clean
We can’t begin to know it, how much we really care
I hear your voice inside me, I see your face everywhere
Still you say
We belong to the light, we belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words we’ve both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace for worse or for better
We belong, we belong, we belong together
We belong to the light, we belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words we’ve both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace for worse or for better
We belong, we belong, we belong together
We belong to the light, we belong to the thunder. « 

Man Ray

Man Ray. The writer, anti-racist and anti-fascism activist Nancy Cunard 1926

Sinclair Refining Company, 5000 to One, 1950s

Kurt Schwitters

Kurt Schwitters(assigned to). Lost blue eye 1920

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Seated nude woman, back view 1911

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Head of a young woman seen from below 1908

Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall. Lovers under the lilies 1915

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Standing nude woman 1910

Jerry Uelsmann

Jerry Uelsmann. Untitled 1975

Maya Deren

Portrait of the actress and film maker Maya Deren

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Two nude women 1910

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Kneeling nude woman 1910

Maya Deren

Maya Deren in Meshes of the afternoon directed by Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid in 1943

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Kneeling nude woman 1915

Jerry Uelsmann

Jerry Uelsmann. Small woods where I met myself 1967

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Nude woman with orange headband 1913

Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy 

Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy . Portrait of a young woman 1632 (detail)

Percy Smith

Birth of a flower by Percy Smith 1910

Man Ray

Man Ray. Unknown fashion model 1930

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Self-portrait 1912

John Joos

« It’s crazy how a smell can be remembered in the heart, the almost entire presence of a being. This scent of loving him. » (John Joos)

Man Ray

Man Ray. Tête de femme vue en plongée 1930 (Lee Miller)

Sophia Sherine Hutt

« Be a source. Light knows nothing of night, the sun knows nothing of shadow, there are so many moons, several universes and their skies, realities play with illusion, the keys know nothing of lock » (Sophia Sherine Hutt)

Esther Limones

Esther Limones. From serie Natura. Collage

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Egon’s sister 1908

George Hoyningen-Huene

George Hoyningen-Huene. The actress and model Natasha Paley 1936

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Crouching woman 1914

Brigitte Helm

The actress Brigitte Helm in Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang 1927

Margaret Atwood

“Is that all you want to be? Liked? Wouldn’t you rather be passionately and voraciously desired?”(Margaret Atwood)

Annita Maslov

Annita Maslov. Untitled

« You dream of a paradise of peace but you are unable to escape from your nest of poisonous snakes » (DantéBéa)

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Portrait of the opera singer Olga Gallus 1910

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Young girl in red feather boa 1910

Andreas Heumann

Andreas Heumann. Zebra portrait 1946

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Kneeling nude woman 1917

Andreas Heumann

Andreas Heumann. Love in Venice

Anna Akhmatova

« We learned not to meet anymore,
We don’t raise our eyes to one another,
But we ourselves won’t guarantee
What could happen to us in an hour.”(Anna Akhmatova)

Libor Fara

Libor Fara. Breakfast at midnight 1951

Libor Fara

Libor Fara. The end of the day 1949

Libor Fara

Libor Fara. Untitled 1979

Libor Fara

Libor Fara. Untitled 1979

Libor Fara

Libor Fara. Untitled 1957

Libor Fara

Libor Fara. Shape 1950

Libor Fara

Libor Fara. Untitled 1946

Libor Fara

Libor Fara. Untitled 1946

Libor Fara

Libor Fara. Touches 1948

Libor Fara

Libor Fara. Danse macabre 1950

Libor Fara

Libor Fara. Untitled 1949

Amedeo Modigliani

Amedeo Modigliani. Jeune femme à la rose 1916

Camille Claudel

“There is always something missing that torments me.” (Camille Claudel)

Ana Lee Evans

The dancer Ana Lee Evans

Lia Rochas

Lia Rochas. Untitled. Collage

Lia Rochas

Lia Rochas. Couple. Collage

Lia Rochas

Lia Rochas. I’ll be seeing you 2022. Collage

Lia Rochas

Lia Rochas. Guili, Guili 2023. Collage

Arnold Genthe

Arnold Genthe. The dancer Martha Graham 1928

André Kertész

André Kertész. Mrs Hubbell 1931

George Hoyningen-Huene

George Hoyningen-Huene. Reflection, Mrs Hubbell for Vogue 1930

George Hoyningen-Huene

George Hoyningen-Huene. The dancer Erna Carise 1930

George Hoyningen-Huene

George Hoyningen-Huene. The actress Dolores del Rio 1930

Arnold Genthe

Arnold Genthe. The dancer Erna Carise with dog 1928

Käthe Kollwitz

Käthe Kollwitz. Woman with orange 1901

Libor Fara

Libor Fara. Sitting silence 1956

Martha Graham

Martha Graham in Cave of the heart 1946

Martha Graham

The dancer Martha Graham from film of night journey

Martha Graham

The dancer Martha Graham from film of night journey

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Two nude women 1911

The actress Greta Garbo

Ter Ars Zawitkowska

Ter Ars Zawitkowska. Untitled 2024. Sepia on paper

André Kertész

André Kertész. Still life with snakes 1960

« Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. »(H.Jackson Brown Jr)

Lia Serrano

Lia Serrano. Untitled. Collage

Lia Serrano

Lia Serrano. Untitled. Collage