Category: 1920s

Karla Grosch · Metal dance

T. Lux Feininger (1910 – 2011) ~ [Metalltanz], Bauhaus Dessau, about 1928-1929 | src getty.edu

Karla Grosch’s performance of Metalltanz, or “Dance in Metal,” exploited the reflective properties of polished metal. The avant-garde performances produced by Oskar Schlemmer’s Stage Workshop at the Bauhaus School are seen today as significant forerunners of modern performance art and multimedia theater.

The photographer T. Lux Feininger studied at the Bauhaus with Schlemmer, under whose direction theater and dance became popular and important aspects of the German school’s program. [text from getty.edu]

T. Lux Feininger (1910 – 2011) ~ [Metalltanz]. Dance in Metal, by Oskar Schlemmer, performed by Karla Grosch, Dessau, ca. 1928-1929 | src Getty museum
T. Lux Feininger ~ Untitled (Bauhaus Stage; Dance in Metal by Oskar Schlemmer, performed by Karla Grosch), ca. 1928 | src Kicken Galerie Berlin at Art Basel 2019

Desert Shiprock · Gilpin · 1925

Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) ~ Shiprock from Mesa Verde [Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado]; Sept. 1925. Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) ~ Phantom Ship of the Desert Shiprock from Mesa Verde; Sept. 1925. Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art

The Larsen dancers · C.H. White

Clarence Hudson White (1871–1925) ~ Larsen Dancers [7/11], ca. 1923 – 1924. Platinum print. | Princeton University Art Museum
Clarence Hudson White (1871–1925) ~ Larsen Dancers [6/11], ca. 1923 – 1924. Platinum print. | Princeton University Art Museum
Clarence Hudson White (1871–1925) ~ Larsen Dancers [9/11], ca. 1923 – 1924. Platinum print. | Princeton University Art Museum
Clarence Hudson White (1871–1925) ~ Larsen Dancers [10/11], ca. 1923 – 1924. Platinum print. | Princeton University Art Museum
Clarence Hudson White (1871–1925) ~ Larsen Dancers [5/11], ca. 1923 – 1924. Platinum print. | Princeton University Art Museum

Lilyan Tashman costume by Erté

Publicity still for the American romantic comedy film Bright Lights (Robert Z. Leonard, 1925)
Lilyan Tashman in the perfume bottle costume designed by Erté in Bright Lights (Robert Z. Leonard, 1925)

Image retrieved from Wikimedia commons. Original source, according to Wikimedia: Vieira, Mark A. (2019). Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934): When Sin Ruled the Movies (eBook). New York: Running Press. Hachette Book Group

Lilyan Tashman in the perfume bottle costume designed by Erté in the now lost silent film Bright Lights (Robert Z. Leonard, 1925) | src Grapefruitmoon Gallery on eBay
Lilyan Tashman in the perfume bottle costume designed by Erté in Bright Lights (Robert Z. Leonard, 1925)

Halbakt und Porträt von Schein

Abraham Myron Schein ~ Beate Inaya, um 1926. Postkarte. Bromsilberabzug (braun) | src Poskartenarchiv Photoinstitut Bonartes

Eine Berliner Tanzschule

Kammertanz-Gruppe Skoronel: Bizarres Getümmel | Skoronel chamber dance group : Bizarre hustle and bustle

Retrieved from the article:

Der klingende Baum. Eine Berliner Tanzschule. Scherl’s Magazin Band 5, H. 11, November 1929

The Ringing Tree. A Berlin dance school. Scherl’s magazine volume 5, issue 11, November 1929

Strenge Kompositionen | Rigorous compositions

Autumn by Walter F. Seely

Walter Frederick Seely ~ Autumn posed by Jane Novak. published in Shadowland, November 1922. | src internet archive

Autumn (Wordsworth)

Wild is the music of Autumnal winds / Amongst the faded woods.

Walter Frederick Seely ~ Autumn posed by Jane Novak. published in Shadowland, November 1922. | src internet archive