André Kertész

André Kertész. The writer and actress Colette 1930

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

Colette

« A tomb is nothing but an empty chest. The one I love is contained entirely in my memory, in a still-scented handkerchief that I unfold, in an intonation that I suddenly remember and that I listen to for a long moment, my head bowed… He is in a short tender note whose writing will fade, in a worn book that his eyes flattered, and his form is seated forever, for me, – but for me alone – on this bench from where he watched, pensive, the Montagne aux Cailles turn blue in the twilight. » (Colette)

Colette

The writer Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette) in 1901

Unidentified photographer

Unidentified photographer. The dancer Colette Andris 1931

The actress Keira Knightley as Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette in Colette 2018

Colette

The writer and actress Colette 1920s

Colette

The writer and actress Colette 1925

Léopold Reutlinger

Léopold Reutlinger. The writer and actress Colette 1910

Colette

« The difficult thing is not to give but not to give everything. » (Colette)

Colette

« I want to cherish the one who loves me and give him everything that is mine in the world: my body which refuses to be shared, my sweet heart and my freedom! » (Collette)

Colette

Colette aux seins nus 1906

Colette aux seins nus 1906