Sujet

Tailpiece, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

Légende

Tailpiece, 1893. Alternate title: The Burial of Salome. A Pierrot-like figure and a satyr lower the naked body of Salome into a coffin in the shape of a powder box, inscribed with the French word 'fin' - the end. Next to the coffin is a giant powder-puff. Illustration for "Salome" by Oscar Wilde, [John Lane, 1894]. From "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Amanda Waite

Notre référence

HRM22A17_500

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,8Mo (1,5Mo) / 36,5cm x 34,2cm / 4314 x 4036 (300dpi)

Mots clés

unusual female women woman people religious arts playhouse religion naked nude art book theatre British dead design death Christianity century Art Nouveau Britain literature concept mythology B&W nudity nakedness pierrot powder puff publishing New Testament dead body 19th century graphic design black & white black and white B W faun nineteenth century Satyr Commedia dell'Arte Salome illustration satire Walker Oscar Wilde Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Beardsley John publishing house Lane Beardsley Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent John Lane Bodley Head Shirley Markham Oscar Theatre Italien R. A. Walker R. A. Rainforth Armitage Walker Rainforth Armitage 19th-century Decadent movement Salomé