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Femmes damnées (1897) by Carlos Schwabe
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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)

"Femmes damnées" is a the title of two poems by Baudelaire, known by there incipits. The first poem, "Comme un bétail pensif sur le sable couchées" is from the collection Les Fleurs du mal. The second one, "À la pâle clarté des lampes languissantes", was first published in Les Épaves. The subject matter of Femmes damnées is the lesbian love.

It is also the title of a 1885 sculpture by Rodin and a 1897 painting by Carlos Schwabe. Lastly, Femme damnée is a painting by French artist Octave Tassaert, or more accurately, ascribed to Tassaert.

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