Woman Eating Hemp, 18th Century

‘La Corderie: Femme Mangeant du Chanvre’ (The Ropeworks: Woman Eating Hemp),  by Jean Baptiste Huët (1745-1811)     oil on canvas     Watercolor with pen and ink       “O, she’s warm! If this be magic, let it Read More …

Fernande, 1917

Fernande Barrey, french postcard labeled ‘JA Serie 67’ photographed by Jean Agélou.  France between 1910-17      

After the Bath, 19th Century

‘After the Bath’ by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904)  19th century      

Greek Party Girls, 1910

Three nude women smoke a waterpipe while dancing and playing music, Greek postcard, around 1910        

Haschisch Jugend, 1901

‘Haschisch’ by Alfred Zimmermann, printed in Jugend magazine.  Germany 1901      

Playing Knucklebones, 1898

‘Playing Knucklebones’, painting by Paul Alexander Alfred Leroy  1898        

La Grande Odalisque, 1814

‘La Grande Odalisque’ by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1814         Chibouk pipe and incense box detail

Man with pipe and seated nude, 1969

‘Man with pipe and seated nude’ by Pablo Picasso 1969    

Smoke and Flesh, 1968

‘Smoke and Flesh’ movie poster from 1968    

Mystery of the Trinity, 1968

“Opium dreams: smoker with papal solider discovering the mystery of the Trinity in the breasts and the dove of a woman, with triangular hat jester behind”  – Pablo Picasso, 1968 etching