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Interpretive Dance, 1922

Jane Reece :: Interpretive Dance, 1922. | src billyjane. From Federica Muzzarelli, “Il corpo e l’azione. Donne e fotofrafia tra otto e novecento” (Atlante, Bologne, 2007) [ trad.: Femmes photographes – Émancipation et performance (1850-1940), Ed. Hazan, 2009]

Cyclamen (Mrs. Philip Lydig), 1913

Edward J. Steichen :: Cyclamen (Mrs. Philip Lydig). Camera Work (nº 42-43), 1913.
Edward J. Steichen :: Cyclamen, Mrs Philip Lydig. Published in Camera Work, 1913. Photogravure on Japanese paper.| src Ryerson Image Centre

Jetta Goudal in Open All Night

French actress Jetta Goudal (1898-1985) plays the unhappy wife of Adolphe Menjou in the silent comedy 'Open All Night' (aka 'One Parisian Night), directed by Paul Bern for Paramount (1924). Jetta is wearing a particularly revealing dress which exposes her cleavage down to her navel. | src Getty Images
French actress Jetta Goudal (1898-1985) plays the unhappy wife of Adolphe Menjou in the silent comedy ‘Open All Night’ (aka ‘One Parisian Night), directed by Paul Bern for Paramount (1924). Jetta is wearing a particularly revealing dress which exposes her cleavage down to her navel. | src Getty Images