oldbookillustrations:

Paan the peacock.

George Wharton Edwards (1859-1950), from Bird gods, by Charles De Kay, New York, 1898.

(Source: archive.org)

lauramcphee:

Profile study, c1944 (Erwin Blumenfeld)

dailyartjournal:

Jai Llewellyn

The death of an impressionist No.4 

oldbookillustrations:

She walked towards the tower.

Édouard Riou, from Ninety-three vol. 2, by Victor Hugo, London, New York, 1889.

(Source: archive.org)

christiesauctions:

Eugène Atget (1857-1927)
St. Cloud, 1924

the deLIGHTed eye: Modernist Masterworks from a Private Collection

cavetocanvas:

Léon Bakst, Elysium, 1906

cavetocanvas:

Léon Bakst, Model, n.d.

theniftyfifties:

Model wearing an outfit by Clare McCardell, Egypt, 1952. Photo by Richard Avedon.