Artwork Title: La morfinomane (The Morphine Addict)

La morfinomane (The Morphine Addict), 1899

Vittorio Corcos

La Morfinomane, a flame-haired vamp, is displaying the effects of the morphine habit, including her gaze and posture, the dress slipping off her shoulder, and the book which she had been reading dropped to the floor. It is a sister picture to Giovanni Boldini’s daringly sexy portrait of Lady Colin Campbell of 1894, but with the added implications of narcotic-fueled hedonism. (http://books0977.tumblr.com/post/141977451352/la-morfinomane-or-the-morphine-addict)

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