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Mask self portraits, 1930

Gertrud Arndt (born Gertrud Hantschk) :: Ohne Titel (Maskenselbsporträt · Masked self portrait), Dessau 1930. © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2018. | src Galerie Kicken, Berlin and MoMa

Gertrud Arndt (born Gertrud Hantschk) :: Mask photograph No. 6, Dessau, ca. 1930. | src Bauhaus Dessau Foundation ~ The Discovery of Photography
“This self-portrait comes from a photographic oeuvre that includes 43 self-portraits known as ‘mask portraits’. The pictures (she said) were taken out of ‘boredom’.” quoted from The Discovery of Photography
Gertrud Arndt (1903–2000) :: Maskenselbstbildnis Nr. 11 | Mask Self Portrait Nº 11, 1930. Gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1930. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn | Courtesy Kicken Berlin | src Sheroes of Photography (part I) exhibition

‘Insektentänzer’ für Bibo 1924

Minya Diez-Dührkoop :: Tanzmaske “Insektentänzer” von Lavinia Schulz. Costume designs by Lavinia Schultz and Walter Holdt for “Bibo”, 1924. | src MK&G · Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)
Minya Diez-Dührkoop :: Tanzmaske “Insektentänzer” von Lavinia Schulz. Costume designs by Lavinia Schultz and Walter Holdt for “Bibo”, 1924. | src MK&G · Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)
Minya Diez-Dührkoop :: Tanzmaske “Insektentänzer” von Lavinia Schulz. Costume designs by Lavinia Schultz and Walter Holdt for “Bibo”, 1924. | src MK&G · Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)

Tanzmaske «Toboggan Frau»

Minya Diez-Dührkoop :: Tanzmaske “Toboggan Frau” von Lavinia Schulz. Costume designs by Lavinia Schultz and Walter Holdt for “Bibo”, 1924. | src MK&G · Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)
Minya Diez-Dührkoop :: Tanzmaske “Toboggan Frau” von Lavinia Schulz. Costume designs by Lavinia Schultz and Walter Holdt for “Bibo”, 1924. | src MK&G · Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)
Minya Diez-Dührkoop :: Tanzmaske “Toboggan Frau” von Lavinia Schulz. Costume designs by Lavinia Schultz and Walter Holdt for “Bibo”, 1924 | src MK&G · Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)

“Bibo” von Lavinia Schulz, 1924

Minya Diez-Dührkoop :: Costume design. Tanzmaske “Bibo” von Lavinia Schulz, 1924. | src MK&G · Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Minya Diez-Dührkoop :: Costume design. Tanzmaske “Bibo” von Lavinia Schulz, 1924. | src MK&G

Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt :: Maskenfigur “Bibo”, um 1923. Ganzkörperanzug (Full body suit). | src MK&G ~ Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)