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The Sofa by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, ca. 1894–96
Lautrec set out to document the lives of prostitutes in a series of pictures executed between 1892 and 1896. At first he made sketches in brothels, but he was apparently hampered by insufficient lighting and had his models pose in his studio. He appreciated the naturalness of sitters like this lesbian couple, "who stretch themselves out on the divans…entirely without pretensions." The candid image may take its cue from Degas’s monotypes of brothel scenes and erotic Japanese prints.
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And heres a pic i took when i saw it in person today :)

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Sarah Perry - Becoming Nothing, 2015 (Decomposed butterfly, tiny bones, mica, cat hair, mixed media)
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Antoine-Christian Zacharie called Tony Zac – Female Companions of Sappho (ca. 1868)
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"match my freak!" match my sweetness. match my benevolence. match my empathy. match my ability to feel emotions so deeply it tears me apart from the inside out
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Details from an Italian stiletto blade (c. 1700’s)
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Tracery: A Symphony in Bronze by Timothy Cleary
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