Jean Reutlinger

[porphyry]

If there is sufficient interest, I'll post some of these postcards about once a week.

Self-Portrait

From Occasional Postcards

From Occasional Postcards

Bacchant

From Occasional Postcards

Self-Portrait as St. Sebastian

From Occasional Postcards

Otero, an incredibly popular Folies-Bergere dancer--surely the waist is air-brushed.

From Occasional Postcards

with her own wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Otero

Comments

[benicek.livejournal.com]

Probably just wearing a corset. Who was this Reutlinger fellow?

[leopold-paula-b.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid you're right. I once stumbled into a discussion about the unhealthy effects of corsets. Someone mentioned that our contemporary anorexia is no fun either and got nothing but blank stares.

Ah, and yes: do post more of these!

[clodia-metelli.livejournal.com]

It looks amazingly painful! I'm so glad I live now and not, well, any time pre-nineties-ish.

And Malkhos, these are lovely, please do!

[malkhos.livejournal.com]

This is an obsession with him. You have no idea what you ask. :)

[vonjunzt.livejournal.com]

Nice, though I'd have liked the Bacchant even better if she had Pentheus' head on a thyrsus.