Pink Nude ~ Henri Matisse 1935

Cover of Verve, 1937 ~ Henri Matisse

Eros is Struck by Psyche’s Beauty ~ Maurice Denis, Oil on canvas, Panel 1:  France, 1908. 

‘la femme nue sur la balançoire.’

jahsonic:

Anonymous photo of naked woman sitting on a swing, seen from the rear.

From the book La face cachée des fesses where it is listed as ‘la femme nue sur la balançoire.’

The book makes an interesting observation on the etymology of the French words fesse (buttocks) and sein (breast). Both are derived from Latin, the first comes from fissura and the second from sinus. Both refer to a hole, a cavity, a lack. Thus they are defined by their negative space, rather than by their thing-in-itself.

Here is another print http://bouteillealamer.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/pl1.jpg

The rape of Psyche by Zephyrus ~ Pierre-Paul Prud’hon.  via

Masked lady with a whip ~ vintage French postcard.  via

natural ~ Emile Salomé (French, 1833-1881)  via

Happy April Fools Day! ~ French postcard, Circa 1907.  via

Happy April Fools Day! ~ French postcard, Circa 1907.  via

Sainte Cécile  ~ Adolphe Lalyre (1848-1933), 1896  via

Naïade et dauphin dans la vague (Naiade & dauphin) ~ Adolphe Lalyre (1848-1933)  via