Jacques de Lalaing

Jacques de Lalaing. Study of a draped woman before 1914

Jacques de Lalaing. Study of a draped woman before 1914

Rudolf Dührkoop

Rudolf Dührkoop. The dancer Clotilde von Derp 1912

Émile-Auguste Chartier (known as Alain)

“Any power without control drives you crazy.” (Émile-Auguste Chartier known as Alain)

Unknown photographer

Unknown photographer. Reclining woman 1880-1890

Unknown photographer. Reclining woman 1880-1890

Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins. Nude study 1886-1892

Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins. Back view of a woman 1889

Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins. Two students in a greek costume 1893

La Jana

The actress and dancer La Jana 1930

Atelier Manassé

Atelier Manassé. The actress and dancer La Jana 1930

Atelier Manassé

Atelier Manassé. The actress and dancer La Jana 1930

La Jana

The actress and dancer La Jana 1930

Unknown photographer

Unknown photographer. Dancer in oriental costume performing an Egyptian dance 1900s

La Jana

The dancer and actress La Jana. German postcard by Ross Verlag 1937

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele. Wally Neuzil 1912

Fitz W. Guerin

Fitz W. Guerin. Woman with drapery 1903

Fitz W. Guerin. Woman with drapery 1903

Fitz W. Guerin

Fitz W. Guerin. Reclining woman holding a cigarette 1902

Fitz W. Guerin

Fitz W. Guerin. Profil view of a woman 1901

Alphonse Marie Mucha

Alphonse Marie Mucha. Study for Decorative documents 1901

Fitz W. Guerin

Fitz W. Guerin. Profil view of a woman 1902

Fitz W. Guerin

Fitz W. Guerin. Woman’s head framed by hair 1902

Fitz W. Guerin

Fitz W. Guerin. Woman holding a cigarette and a glass 1902

Fitz W. Guerin

Fitz W. Guerin. Woman with vine leaves on head 1902

Arnold Genthe

Arnold Genthe. The actress Ann Murdock with Buzzer the cat 1914

Arnold Genthe

Arnold Genthe. Miss Cumner with Buzzer the cat 1910

Arnold Genthe

Arnold Genthe. Blanche Gervais with Buzzer the cat 1910s

Arnold Genthe

Arnold Genthe. One of the Dolly sisters with Buzzer the cat 1910s

Arnold Genthe

Arnold Genthe. Gertrude Warren with Buzzer the cat 1910s

Arnold Genthe

Arnold Genthe. Jocelyne Stebbins (Mrs Fletcher) with Buzzer the cat 1910s

Rémy Duval

Rémy Duval. From the book 28 études de nus 1936

Rémy Duval

Rémy Duval. Assia 1935

Rémy Duval

Rémy Duval. Assia 1935

Rémy Duval. Assia 1935

Rémy Duval

Rémy Duval. Standing nude woman 1933

Rémy Duval. Standing nude woman 1933

Rémy Duval

Rémy Duval. The rest 1935

Rémy Duval

Rémy Duval. Standing nude 1935

Rémy Duval

Rémy Duval. Le vase de cristal 1935

Rémy Duval

Rémy Duval. Untitled 1935

Rémy Duval

Rémy Duval. Cely en Bière, France 1932

Colette

The writer Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette) in 1901

Man Ray

Man Ray. Kiki de Montparnasse 1924

Hans Bellmer

Hans Bellmer. Common sense 1961

George Hurrell

George Hurrell. The actress Lottice Howell in Gay Madrid 1930

Franz Xaver Setzer

Franz Xaver Setzer. The dancer and actress Lena Amsel 1918

Lena Amsel

The dancer and actress Lena Amsel in The adventure 1922

Franz Xaver Setzer

Franz Xaver Setzer. The dancer and actress Lena Amsel 1922

Franz Xaver Setzer

Franz Xaver Setzer. The dancer and actress Lena Amsel 1922

Franz Xaver Setzer

Franz Xaver Setzer. The dancer and actress Lena Amsel 1927

Atelier Eberth

Atelier Eberth. The dancer and actress Lena Amsel 1918

Anonymous photographer

Anonymous photographer. The dancer and actress Lena Amsel 1929

Franz Xaver Setzer

Franz Xaver Setzer. The dancer and actress Lena Amsel 1927

Man Ray

Man Ray. The dancer Lena Amsel 1928

Man Ray. The dancer Lena Amsel 1928

Man Ray

Man Ray. The dancer Lena Amsel 1928

Man Ray. The dancer Lena Amsel 1928

Man Ray

Man Ray. The dancer Lena Amsel 1928

Man Ray. The dancer Lena Amsel 1928

Atelier Eberth

Atelier Eberth. The dancer and actress Lena Amsel 1917

Aenne Heise

Aenne Heise. The dancer Ellen Petz 1920–1929

Atelier Eberth

Atelier Eberth. The dancer Ingo dressed as a woman 1921

Kathleen Key

The actress Kathleen Key 1934

Atelier Eberth

Atelier Eberth. Students of the Steffi Nossen dance school 1929

Atelier Eberth

Atelier Eberth. The actress Manja Tzatschewa 1921

Louise Dahl-Wolfe

Louise Dahl-Wolfe. Midnight bath 1939

Nicola Samori

Nicola Samori. Untitled 2016

Atelier Eberth

Atelier Eberth. The dancer Niddy Impekoven as a doll 1920s

Maurice Tabard

Maurice Tabard. Impulse for Harper’s Bazaar 1946

Louise Dahl-Wolfe

Louise Dahl-Wolfe. Sunbathing in desert 1948

Louise Dahl-Wolfe

Louise Dahl-Wolfe. Twins at beach 1952

Louise Dahl-Wolfe

Louise Dahl-Wolfe. The actress Lauren Bacall in the bathroom 1943

Maurice Tabard

Maurice Tabard. Sunbathing

Maurice Tabard

Maurice Tabard. Dancer

Herbert List

Herbert List. Grapes and bowl 1933

Virginia Woolf

« The eyes of others are our prisons; their thoughts are our cages. » (Virginia Woolf)

Herbert List

Herbert List. The optician’s display 1929

Remy Duval

Remy Duval. Head in hand 1943

Imogen Cunningham

Imogen Cunningham. Morning mist and sunshine 1911

Jenny de Vasson

Jenny de Vasson. The twins 1914

Jenny de Vasson

Jenny de Vasson. La toilette 1905

Jenny de Vasson

Jenny de Vasson. Luxuriance et reflets 1905

Jaromir Funke

Jaromir Funke. A passage of time from the serie Time persists 1932-1943

Maurice Tabard

Maurice Tabard. Woman’s profil and coastal landscape 1940

Maurice Tabard

Maurice Tabard. Untitled 1940s

Maurice Tabard

Maurice Tabard. Fashion model 1940s. Solarization

André Laude

« In my house
the evening meal has not been served
Anyway
in my house
there is no table
there is no cutlery
no salt and pepper
no faithful wife
Anyway
There is no house
My house is a dream
a cardboard dream
torn at every moment
by the pack of winds
those who come from Russia
and those who come from the Horn.
In my house
tonight I will not sleep.
I will sleep on the wing
of a large seagull
that flies slowly
above the roaring forties.
I will sleep
On the back of a blue whale
Like a little child
in the grip of the fever of legends
In my house
The caress of midnight
Will be a cruel absence
A tear of blood
On an imaginary pillow.
Forgive yes forgive the poet
If he repeats himself
Anyway
There is no home
I will sleep in the night of the world
without ever closing my eyes
listening to the ringing of fears, hours, minutes, seconds. » (André Laude)

Pierre Boucher

Pierre Boucher. Nude in the sand 1934

Taber Isaiah West

Taber Isaiah West. The dancer Loïe Fuller 1897

Mina Loy

Mina Loy. Christ on a clothesline 1955-1959

Barbara Ker-Seymer

Barbara Ker-Seymer. Nancy Cunard 1929

Barbara Ker-Seymer. Nancy Cunard 1929

Barbara Ker-Seymer. Nancy Cunard 1929

Barbara Ker-Seymer. Nancy Cunard 1929

Barbara Ker-Seymer. Nancy Cunard 1929

Mina Loy

Mina Loy. The paper house 1906

Unknown photographer

Dance relaxation exercise 1939

John Springer

John Springer. The actress Lya De Putti 1920

Jane Reece

Jane Reece. Self-portrait 1910

Jane Reece. Self-portrait 1910

Jane Reece

Jane Reece. Self-portrait

Man Ray

Man Ray.Kiki de Montparnasse in Ballet mécanique directed by Fernand Léger in 1924

Anonymous photographer

Anonymous photographer. Reclining nude woman 1860s

Jane Reece

Jane Reece. Self-portrait 1910

Jane Reece. Self-portrait 1910

Jane Reece

Jane Reece. Roses in a vase 1941

Jane Reece

Jane Reece. The mask 1926

Boris Majdrakoff

Boris Majdrakoff. The actress Dorothy Phillips 1929

Man Ray

Man Ray. Kiki de Montparnasse et Émilie Carlu derrière le Palais d’Alberto Giacometti 1932

Boris Majdrakoff

Boris Majdrakoff. The actress Louise Brooks 1925

Man Ray

Man Ray. Kiki de Montparnasse 1923

Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch. Head by head 1905

Man Ray

Man Ray. Kiki de Montparnasse wearing hat and leather gazelle scarf 1924