The Peacock (no date).
Dancer Ruth St Denis (1879–1968) strikes Art Nouveau poses in the New York Public Library’s Denishawn Collection, now at Flickr.
Radha (1904).
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Peacocks
• Rene Beauclair
• Elizabetes Iela 10b, Riga
• The Maison Lavirotte
• Whistler’s Peacock Room
• Beardsley’s Salomé
• The art of Hernan Gimenez
• Images of Nijinsky
gorgeous!
the top pose + attitude is reminiscent of Gloria Swanson’s descent down the stairwell during the final scene in “Sunset Boulevard”
She’s definitely ready for her close-up.
Weee! More copyright free archive pictures to play with for my Word of the Day things!
Some great stuff there. Thanks for the link.
She was fabulous. And what a great link!