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Delta of Venus:Erotica
by Anais Nin
EXCERPT of one of the series of stories within this book
Artists and Models
One morning I was called to a studio in Greenwich Village, where a
sculptor was beginning a statuette. His name was Millard. He already
had a rough version of the figure he wanted and had reached the stage
where he needed a model. The statuette was wearing a clinging dress,
and the body showed through in every line and curve. The sculptor asked
me to undress completely because he could not work otherwise. He seemed
so absorbed by the statuette and looked at me so absently that I was
able to undress and take the pose without hesitation. Although I was
quite innocent at that time, he made me feel as if my body were no
different than my face, as if I were the same as the statuette.
As Millard worked, he talked about his former life in Montparnasse, and
the time passed quickly. I didn't know if his stories were meant to
affect my imagination, but he showed no signs of being interested in
me. He enjoyed recreating the atmosphere of Montparnasse for his own
sake. This is one of the stories he told me:
"The wife of one of the modern painters was a nymphomaniac.
She was tubercular, I believe. She had a chalk-white face, burning
black eyes deeply sunk in her face, with eyelids painted green. She had
a voluptuous figure, which she covered very sleekly in black satin. Her
waist was small in proportion to the rest of her body. Around her waist
she wore a huge Greek silver belt, about six inches wide, studded with
stones. This belt was fascinating...
CONDITION:USED lightly,HC no DJ, pages clean, no writing within.
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