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Nude study of Martha Laber, 1925

Nickolas Muray (1892–1965) :: Nude study of Martha Laber, 1925. | src OstLicht 21th Photo Auction
Nickolas Muray (1892–1965) :: Nude study of Martha Laber, 1925. Photographer’s blindstamp in the image lower left, signed and dated by the photographer in pencil on the original passepartout. | src OstLicht 21th Photo Auction

Vera Kholodnaya, 1914-1919

Russian first silent movie star Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, in a headdress. Fot. M. Sakharov and P. Orlov, 1916. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Russian first silent movie star Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, in a headdress. Fot. M. Sakharov and P. Orlov, 1916. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, Portrait, profile to the left, looking down. Fot. M. Sakharov and P. Orlov, 1916. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, Portrait, profile to the left, looking down. Fot. M. Sakharov and P. Orlov, 1916. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, head turn 3/4 to the left, headscarf tied behind, 1914-1919. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, head turn 3/4 to the left, headscarf tied behind, 1914-1919. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, in a white blouse with ruffles, in a white hat. Phot. M. Sakharov and P. Orlov, 1916. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, in a white blouse with ruffles, in a white hat. Phot. M. Sakharov and P. Orlov, 1916. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Russian first silent movie star Vera Kholodnaya. Another postcard of the image on top. | src Flickr
Russian first silent movie star Vera Kholodnaya. Another postcard of the image on top. | src Flickr

Vera Kholodnaya postcards

Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, profile to the left, in a light kerchief tied around the head like a turban, with long earrings consisting of three large circles. Between 1914 and 1919. Postcard from the collection of Natalia Balachenkova. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, profile to the left, in a light kerchief tied around the head like a turban, with long earrings consisting of three large circles. Between 1914 and 1919. Postcard from the collection of Natalia Balachenkova. | src Presidential Library
Russian silent cinema actress Vera Kholodnaya (aka ‘Queen of Screen’). Russian postcard, nº 47. Collection Didier Hanson. | src Flickr
Russian silent cinema actress Vera Kholodnaya (aka ‘Queen of Screen’). Russian postcard, nº 47. Collection Didier Hanson. | src Flickr
Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya (1893-1919), 1917 (card nº131). Portrait, profile to the right. Postcard from the collection of Natalia Balachenkova. | src Presidential Library
Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya (1893-1919), 1917 (card nº131). Portrait, profile to the right. Postcard from the collection of Natalia Balachenkova. | src Presidential Library

Keaton as Princess Raja

Buster Keaton. German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4704/1, 1929-1930. Photo: MGM. Publicity still for The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (Charles Reisner, 1929) with Keaton as Princess Raja. This performance must have been inspired by the Egyptian dance in The Cook (Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle, 1918). | src Flickr

Hennings as a spider, 1915-1918

‘Hennings as a spider’, 1915-1918. In: Antonia Meiners: The hour of women between the monarchy, world war and the right to vote 1913-1919. Munich: Elisabeth Sandmann Verlag 2013, p. 68. And in: Emmy Ball Hennings 1885-1948: “I am so diverse”, catalog for the exhibition ed. v. Bernhard Echte. Ffm u. Basel: Stroemfeld Verlag 1999, p. 104. | src Schweizerisches Literaturarchiv