The Cathedral of Erotic Misery

antoinette lubaki, “untitled,” 1929, watercolor on paper

Storyboards from Kenneth Anger’s unfinished “Puce Women,” meant to be a feature-length extension of “Puce Moment” (1949)

The Yggdrasil Tree, from The Secret Teachings of All Ages, by Manly P. Hall, 1928

Photographs by Fulvio Roiter

Georges Liautaud

Pier Paolo Pasolini in front of his Self-Portrait (1973). Photo by Massimo Listri.

1929

oil on canvas,  60,5 x 73 cm,

https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/self-portrait-1970

Léon Bakst (Russian, 1866-1924). Octopus.

Albert Nagy (Hungarian, 1902–1970) - Coffee I, oil on canvas, 45 x 48 cm (1968)

National Gallery, London

It is known to have once been owned by Icelandic Bishop Hannes Finnson who was alive from 1739 until 1796 and known for having a vast library containing many volumes of magic related texts and manuscripts. Full manuscript here.

A rarely seen uncropped version of the only known photo of a live bubal hartebeest, a female who lived at the London Zoo from 1883 to 1897. The photo itself was taken by Lewis Medland sometime in 1895. [ x ]

After moving to Paris, Vincent van Gogh became almost obsessed with colour combinations, and used coloured balls of wool to test different combinations before trying them out with his expensive paints. The wool & the red box they were kept in are pictured here. +

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324441

Medium: oil,canvas