Quite surreal illustration of “death and the maiden” theme [see also skull girls]
from Uramado, Japan’s most remarkable SM magazine, 1958-1964
thanks to foxesinbreeches & Les Rétro-Galeries de Mr Gutsy
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
fantastic Jacques Roubille illustration of Les Fleurs du Mal
thanks to aucarrefouretrange & les-retrogaleries-de-gutsy
more illustrations at lesretrogaleriesdemistergutsy and some more Baudelaire here
Cover art by Rein van Looij for Dutch edition of The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
via ʇʞǝظqo ʇıqqɐɹ ǝʇıɥʍ, info from uk vintage
Harvey by Marco Patino
Death and the Maiden from Life? or Theatre? [1940-42] by Charlotte Salomon
Tod und das Mädchen puppets designed by Richard Teschner *
[many thanks to 50watts for the link ;]
La Vie by Jan Frans De Boever *
Eros Thanatos by Michel Fingesten [also]
via art.findartinfo
Still from The Three Passions,1928
via RC Merchant
William Strang (1859-1921), Death the Lover, from the series Doings of Death, 1901, woodcut, Fitzwilliam Museum
wonderful Danse macabre/Death and the Maiden series, thanks theshipthatflew:]
Death and the Maiden drawing 1928 by Sulamith Wulfing
from Enchanted Doll
Death and the maiden
Ex Libris for S.Ezoe [also by Inoue and one more from the same series here]
from Japan Ex Libris