Category: 1910s

Opium (1919)

Opium, Robert Reinert, Germany, 1919. (Theo Matyko ’19) “This 1919 silent film was released during a lull in censorship restrictions after the first world war. Crowds lined up around the block for weeks to see its celebration of decadence and sexual liberty. The rare original poster is six feet tall.” | src The Guardian

La Syphilis (1910s)

Louis Raemaekers :: L’Hecatombe. La Syphilis. “An image meant to warn Belgian soldiers returning from the front of the dangers of ‘The French Pox’. It depicts a dangerous woman standing both seductively and menacingly in front of a field of graves.” | src The Guardian

Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers

Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers. Season 1935-1936. [photo: Shawn’s men dancers in Wolf Dance (used later in his ballet Feather of the Dawn) by Putnam and Valentine, Los Angeles, 1918 (src NYPL) | src Iowa University Libraries

Lyda Borelli as Salomé

Mario Nunes Vais ~ Lyda Borelli as Salomé, 1905-1910. Spanish postcard by Amadeo Barcelona | src JFP # 105
Lyda Borelli in her outfit for her stage version of Oscar Wilde’s Salomé. Spanish postcard by Amadeo, Barcelona.| src Flickr

Marya Delvard by Hugo Erfurth

Hugo Erfurth :: Marya Delvard, Dresden, 1910, aus dem Album ‘Ausstellung Hugo Erfurth – Bildnisse aus dem XX. Jahrhundert, Konstanz 1949’. | src MK&G ~ Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)
Hugo Erfurth :: Marya Delvard, Dresden, 1910. | src MK&G ~ Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)

The Female Figure, ca. 1917

Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: The Female Nude, ca. 1917. Dye imbibition print. Rotogravure. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Inscriptions on verso: [stamp] Original Photograph by Karl Struss \ FROM “THE FEMALE FIGURE.” \ First Series. Plate Nº. [in ink]: 16.

Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: The Female Figure, ca. 1917. Hess-Ives print. Rotogravure. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Inscriptions on verso: [stamp] Original Photograph by Karl Struss \ FROM “THE FEMALE FIGURE.” \ First Series. Plate Nº. [in graphite]: 32.

Tortola Valencia, dansa oriental

Imatge de Tórtola Valencia en una dansa oriental [La baiadera. La bayadera. La Bayadère]. Cartell de Krenes (autor), ca. 1919. Thomas and Wylie (Impressor). | src Centre de Documentació · MAE · Institut del Teatre

Merkelbach’s advertising photo

Jacob Merkelbach :: Advertising photo, for Merkelbach's studio, with dancer Angèle Sydow, 1916. The letters of Merkelbach's studio have been thickened with ink and made more visible. | src Rijksmuseum
Jacob Merkelbach :: Advertising photo, for Merkelbach's studio, with dancer Angèle Sydow, 1916. The letters of Merkelbach's studio have been thickened with ink and made more visible. | src Rijksmuseum
Jacob Merkelbach :: Advertising photo, for Merkelbach’s studio, with dancer Angèle Sydow, 1916. The letters of Merkelbach’s studio have been thickened with ink and made more visible. | src Rijksmuseum
[Reclamefoto, voor het atelier van Merkelbach, met danseres Angèle Sydow (of Sijdow), 1916. De letters van het atelier van Merkelbach zijn met inkt extra aangedikt en beter zichtbaar gemaakt.] [Detail # 1]
Jacob Merkelbach :: Advertising photo, for Merkelbach’s studio, with dancer Angèle Sydow, 1916. The letters of Merkelbach’s studio have been thickened with ink and made more visible. [detail # 2] | src Rijksmuseum