[eccentricks]

[allgarbo]

Cecil Beaton for long obsessed by Greta Garbo’s image, finally met Garbo in February (1932) at a party given by the Eddie Gouldings in Hollywood. He relates “A huge vase of yellow roses freshly sprayed with water had been placed on the bar”. As Garbo looked at it, she intoned “A rose that lives and dies and never again returns”. She picked a rose and kissed it, fingered it with an infinite variety of caresses and raised it above her head. (x)

[deathandmysticism]

Robert Fludd, Healthy man surrounded by archangels, Integrum morborum mysterium, 1631

[dozydawn]

[pwlanier]

Pierre II Dumonstier, Artemisia's right hand holding a brush, 1625, chalk drawing, 21.9 x 18 cm. British Museum, London

Courtesy Alain Truong

[pwlanier]

Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, called "Sodom", Allegory of Heavenly Love, around 1503-1504; oil on wood, 96 × 49.4 cm; Siena, Collection Chigi Saracini, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, inv. 12

Courtesy Alain Truong

[witch-breaker]

Sydney police photographs taken inside Rosaleen Norton's apartment in 1955, following an unlawful entry during a morality investigation.

[pwlanier]

Giovanni Antonio Bazzi called Sodom, The Nativity of Jesus, an angel and Saint John, around 1504-1505; tempera grassa on panel, diameter 111 cm; Siena, Pinacoteca Nazionale, inv. 512

Courtesy Alain Truong

[tw0tw0]

Lilian Bond by George Hurrell, 1932.

[precodesoul]

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. photographed by George Hurrell, 1933

[thejazzera]

Karen Morley by George Hurrell, 1930s

[iskippedthepartaboutlove]

[sparklejamesysparkle]

Michelle Pfeiffer in a portrait by legendary old Hollywood glamour photographer George Hurrell, 1984.

[questcequecestqueca]

Paulette Goddard - George Hurrell 1936

[pwlanier]

Pieter Schenck (1660-1718/19), Vanitas Still Life, mezzotint with touches of burin, circa 1688.

Courtesy Alain Truong

[gatabella]

Leslie Howard, Carole Lombard and Gary Cooper, c.1930s

[pwlanier]

Jean Morin (circa 1590-1650) after Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674), Memento Mori, circa 1645-50, etching and engraving

Courtesy Alain Truong