Eugène Thivier (1845-1920), ‘The Nightmare’, 1894”This allegorical sculpture (the repres
Eugène Thivier (1845-1920), ‘The Nightmare’, 1894”This allegorical sculpture (the representation of an abstract idea by a living being) presents a naked reclining woman suffering a nightmare. However, the theme of dreaming is above all the pretext for a voluptuous feminine nude, in the fin-de-siècle spirit – both morbid and erotic at once.”Source -- source link
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