1. Notes: 226 / 9 months ago  from ubu507
   

   Elle aimait trop le bal, c’est ce qui l ‘a tuée..  [Victor Hugo, Fantômes]

   Waltz of Death by Gustave Adolf Mossa, 1906

   Watercolor and black chalk

   from The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

   thanks to ubu507

   • Tagged:
   • Fantomes
   • Gustave Adolf Mossa
   • Victor Hugo
   • candles
   • death and the maiden
   • decadents
   • symbolism
   • symbolists
   • Mossa
    
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