1. Notes: 74 / 3 months ago  from bookmarklet
   

   Nu à la chauve-souris, c. 1970 by Irina Ionesco

    [ also and more at frenchtwist ]

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2. Notes: 40 / 2 years ago 
   

   Strega / Witch ,1915  by  Alberto Martini *

   from L’opera grafica di Alberto Martini 

   by Francesco Meloni & Leonardo Sciascia,1975

   via du livre considéré comme un des beaux arts

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3. Notes: 73 / 2 years ago  from bookmarklet
   

   Batty Halloween Pin Up 

   [Nancy Carroll publicity shot,thanks AliceJapan;]

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4. Notes: 45 / 2 years ago  from bookmarklet
   

   The decapitated girl and the bat, 1949 by Walter Schnackenberg

   from A Journey Round My Skull

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5. Notes: 11 / 2 years ago  from bookmarklet
   

   Macbeth illustrated by Margaret Tulloch,1930s

   via GoblinElf2

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6. Notes: 103 / 2 years ago  from bookmarklet
   

   Kustüm a la Fledermaus

   Fliegende Blatter; Band LXXVIII; page 6,1882

   [see also]

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7. Notes: 13 / 3 years ago  from bookmarklet
   

    Marco Tobon Mejia, Murcielago [bat] c.1910, bronze

   via A Journey Round My Skull:image dive

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8. Notes: 40 / 3 years ago  from mudwerks
   

   it’s by David E. Scherman,famous LIFE photographer….

    Mme Marcel Rochas attending a masked ball,Paris,1946

   caption from another  shot [here]

   mudwerks:Twisted Vintage: Bat Mask

   [this site has a bunch of interesting stuff…virtually none of it credited…so feel free to jump in and tell me if you know more, and I’ll add it to the post…]

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9. Notes: 42 / 3 years ago  from bookmarklet
   

   La Cigale 

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10. Notes: 59 / 3 years ago  from bookmarklet
    

    Ex Libris: Alphonse Inoue

    [also]

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11. Notes: 172 / 3 years ago  from bookmarklet
    

    Travestissement chauve-souris

    in La mode illustrée, Journal de la famille,1887

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12. Notes: 84 / 3 years ago 
    

    Heinz Hajek-Halke ~Bat and lamp,1936

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13. Notes: 21 / 3 years ago  from bookmarklet
    

    David E. Scherman~ Mme Marcel Rochas attending a masked ball,Paris,1946

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    • portrait
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