Nicolaï Kalmakoff (1873 -1955)... The Coronation from "The gates of paradise, Hell" 1926

Lucien COUTAUD (1904 -1977) ...Hommage à Raymond Roussel, 1944

Lucien Coutaud (1904-1977) ... Centaur and Siren sketch, 1933

Lucien Coutaud (1904-1977) ~ Centaur and Siren sketch, part of a letter sent to Isabelle Kloucowski 1933 gouache on paper

Albert Guillaume... The Devil in the 19thc or the Mysteries of Spiritualism by Dr. Bataille 1890-1900

Pierre Molinier...White Satin, God's Eye, 1940

Born today... Méret Oppenheim, 6 October 1913 Berlin, Germany

Méret Oppenheim ~ Enchantment 1962

Meret Oppenheim ~ Breakfast in Fur 1936

''All thoughts that have ever been thought roll around the Earth in a colossal sphere of ideas. The Earth explodes, the sphere is shattered, and the thoughts spread across the universe, where they live on in distant stars."

from "Self-Portrait from 50.000 BC to X" (1980) ~ Méret Oppenheim