Edna Tichenor

The silent horror actress Edna Tichenor as Arachnida in The Show directed by Tod Browning 1927

George Hurrell

George Hurrell. The actress Myrna Loy in the Mask of Fu Manchu 1932

Grete Popper

Grete Popper. Advertising study 1930

Grete Popper

Grete Popper. Nude study 1933

Max Dupain

Max Dupain. The dancer Pamela Bromley-Smith 1947

Hanns Holdt

Hanns Holdt. The dancers Clotilde von Derp and Alexander Sacharoff 1913

Edna Tichenor

The silent horror actress Edna Tichenor 1920s

Edna Tichenor

The actress Edna Tichenor as Luna in London after midnight 1927

The actress Edna Tichenor as Luna in London after midnight 1927

Edna Tichenor

The actress Edna Tichenor as Arachnida in The Show directed by Tod Browning 1927

Pablo Neruda

« I want to do with you
what spring does with cherry trees. » (Pablo Neruda)

Loïe Fuller

The dancer Loïe Fuller in Serpentine dance 1903-1910

The dancer Loïe Fuller in Serpentine dance 1903-1910

Emmy Hennings

The dancer and writer Emmy Hennings 1910-1913

Emmy Hennings

The dancer and writer Emmy Hennings with one of her dolls 1917

Emmy Hennings

The dancer and writer Emmy Hennings 1910-1911

Emmy Hennings

The dancer and writer Emmy Hennings 1913

Emmy Hennings

The dancer and writer Emmy Hennings 1910-1913

Hanns Holdt

Hanns Holdt. The dancer and writer Emmy Hennings 1922

Emmy Hennings

The dancer and writer Emmy Hennings 1912-1913

Emmy Hennings

The dancer and writer Emmy Hennings 1917-1918

Emmy Hennings

The dancer and writer Emmy Hennings 1930

Emmy Hennings

The dancer and writer Emmy Hennings 1912-1913

Hanns Holdt

Hanns Holdt. The dancer and writer Emmy Hennings 1920-1922

Hanns Holdt

Hanns Holdt. The dancer and writer Emmy Hennings 1921-1922

Emmy Hennings

The dancer and writer Emmy Hennings 1930

The dancer and writer Emmy Hennings 1930

Emmy Hennings

The dancer and writer Emmy Hennings nd

Emmy Hennings

The dancer and writer Emmy Hennings 1921-1922

Emmy Hennings

Emmy Hennings, dancer, writer and muse of the Dada movement nd

Jean Cocteau

“Time is elastic. With a little skill, you can appear to be always in one place and always be in another.” (Jean Cocteau)

Jean Cocteau

From The blood of a poet directed by Jean Cocteau in 1932

“The Blood of a Poet”1932
“Poets . . . shed not only the red blood of their hearts but the white blood of their souls,” proclaimed Jean Cocteau of his groundbreaking first film—an exploration of the plight of the artist, the power of metaphor and the relationship between art and dreams. One of cinema’s great experiments, this first installment of the Orphic Trilogy stretches the medium to its limits in an effort to capture the poet’s obsession with the struggle between the forces of life and death.

Lucien Lorelle

Lucien Lorelle. Floral arrangement 1935

Lucien Lorelle

Lucien Lorelle. Nude surrounded by drawings 1935

Lucien Lorelle

Lucien Lorelle. Blood circulation of statues 1947

Lucien Lorelle

Lucien Lorelle. Venus Anadyomene 1947

Lucien Lorelle

Lucien Lorelle. Venus Anadyomene 1947

Lucien Lorelle

Lucien Lorelle. Cut-out female nude 1940

Reinhold Rudolf Junghanns

Reinhold Rudolf Junghanns. Portrait of Emmy Hennings 1913. Etching

Reinhold Rudolf Junghanns

Reinhold Rudolf Junghanns. Portrait of Emmy Hennings 1913. Etching

Reinhold Rudolf Junghanns

Reinhold Rudolf Junghanns. Portrait of Emmy Hennings 1913. Etching

Reinhold Rudolf Junghanns

Reinhold Rudolf Junghanns. Portrait of Emmy Hennings 1913. Etching

Reinhold Rudolf Junghanns

Reinhold Rudolf Junghanns. Portrait of Emmy Hennings 1913. Etching

Reinhold Rudolf Junghanns

Reinhold Rudolf Junghanns. Portrait of Emmy Hennings 1913. Etching

Reinhold Rudolf Junghanns

Reinhold Rudolf Junghanns. Portrait of Emmy Hennings 1913. Etching

Emil Otto Hoppé

Emil Otto Hoppé. The dancer Martha Graham 1920

Francis Goodman

Francis Goodman. The writer Barbara Bentley holding a mask 1932

Léopold Reutlinger

Atelier Reutlinger. The actress and writer Colette 1909

Léopold Reutlinger

Léopold Reutlinger. The actress and writer Colette posing as a sphinx 1910

Léopold Reutlinger

Atelier Reutlinger. The actress and writer Colette lying on a lion skin 1907

Léopold Reutlinger

Atelier Reutlinger. The actress and writer Colette lying on a lion skin 1907

Colette

The actress and writer Colette miming the Petit Faune in Le Desir, La Chimere et l’Amour 1906

Léopold Reutlinger

Atelier Reutlinger. The actress and writer Colette in The dream of Egypt 1907

Léopold Reutlinger

Atelier Reutlinger. The actress and writer Colette  1907

Léopold Reutlinger

Atelier Reutlinger. The actress and writer Colette in The dream of Egypt 1907

Léopold Reutlinger

Atelier Reutlinger. The actress and writer Colette in The dream of Egypt 1907

Atelier Reutlinger

Atelier Reutlinger. The actress and writer Colette in The dream of Egypt 1907

Léopold Reutlinger

Léopold Reutlinger. The actress and writer Colette 1907-1910

Léopold Reutlinger. The actress and writer Colette 1907-1910

Léopold Reutlinger. The actress and writer Colette 1907-1910

Edward Steichen

Edward Steichen. The actress and writer Colette 1935 for Vanity Fair

Ernest James Bellocq

Ernest James Bellocq. Prostitutes playing cards, New-Orleans 1912

Franc Goodman

Francis Goodman. Unknown model 1936-1937

Alla Nazimova

The actors Alla Nazimova and Mitchell Lewis in Salome directed by Charles Bryant in 1923

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. Self-portrait 1948

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. Kathleen Haven 1945

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. Self-portrait 1949-1952

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. Yaddo period 1953-1954

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. The Seine, Paris 1949

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. Composition from Madrid negatives 1952

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. Profile of Anne 1953

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. Untitled 1948

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. Saint Marks 1947

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. A tune from long ago 1940-1950

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. Portrait of a couple nd

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. Dream of air 1948

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. Untitled 1950

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. Sabrina’s awakening 1940-1950

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. Untitled 1940

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. Untitled nd

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. Mask of dream 1947

Val Telberg

Val Telberg. Unmasking at midnight 1948

Lotte Jacobi

Lotte Jacobi. The dancer Pauline Koner 1940

Max Ernst

Max Ernst. Broken fans 1922

Egon Schiele

« Everything is living dead » (Egon Schiele)

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Woman with raised hands 1914

Hans Bellmer

Hans Bellmer. Cephalopod 1942

George Rinhart

George Rinhart. The actress Anna Fougez 1920s

George Rinhart

George Rinhart. The actress Anna Fougez 1920s

William Mortensen

William Mortensen. The actress Betty Compton 1922

George Rinhart

George Rinhart. The actress Marlene Dietrich as Catherine II of Russia in the Scarlet Empress directed by Joseph von Sternberg in 1934

Brassaï

Brassaï. Woman smoking opium, Paris 1931

Hannah Höch

Hannah Höch and her puppets 1920-1925

Charles Bukowski

« Every day she was a different woman.
Sometimes enterprising, sometimes clumsy.
Sometimes exuberant, sometimes shy.
Unsure of herself and determined.
Sweet and arrogant.
She was a thousand women,
but her scent was always the same.
Undoubtedly.
That was my only certainty.
She smiled at me
she knew she could fool me
with that smile.
When she smiled,
I didn’t understand anything anymore,
I couldn’t speak or think.
Nothing, nothing at all.
There was only her all of a sudden.
She was crazy, really crazy.
Sometimes she cried.
They say that in these cases,
women just want a hug,
She, no.
She was getting nervous.
I don’t know where she is right now,
but,
I bet she’s still looking
for dreams.
She was crazy, really crazy.
But I loved her so much. » (Charles Bukowski)

Man Ray

Man Ray. Snowball with Lee Miller’s eye 1935

George Rinhart

George Rinhart. Woman seated with hair on her heels 1926

George Rinhart

George Rinhart. The dancer Alexandra Danilova 1929

George Rinhart

George Rinhart. The dancer and actress Livia Muguet wearing a feather costume 1932

George Rinhart

George Rinhart. The dancer Miss Renska 1900s

Barbara La May

The contortionist dancer Barbara La May 1930s

George Rinhart

George Rinhart. The contortionist Barbara La May 1930s

George Rinhart

George Rinhart. The dancer Maria Moreno 1900s

Miss Renska

The Russian dancer Miss Renska 1900s

George Rinhart

George Rinhart. The dancer Miss Renska 1900s

George Rinhart

George Rinhart. The dancer Miss Renska 1900s