Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950)
Evening on the Chikugo River, 1927 (Shôwa 2) Evening View on the Chikugo River in Hita
Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950)
Evening on the Chikugo River, 1927 (Shôwa 2) Evening View on the Chikugo River in Hita
“Her eyes are extraordinarily pure and beautiful, but she has the cold quality of a mermaid. I am sure you would like her. She scares me to death.”
— Tennessee Williams, from a letter to Donald Windham c. July 1947
Albert Goodwin, Stars Silent over Us, The White Man’s Grave, Sierra Leone, 1917, watercolor and bodycolor on tinted paper
A shiver of tenderness rippled her features, as a breeze does a reflection.
— Vladimir Nabokov, from Transparent Things (First Vintage International, 1989)