Category: 1920s

Midst of all was a cold white face

«Midst of all was a cold white face» (p. 126)
Harry Clarke :: Illustration for the poem Black and White (H. H. Abbott), collected in ‘The year’s at the spring; an anthology of recent poetry’. New York: Brentanos, 1920.
src University of California Libraries at Internet Archive

With magic key… unlocking buds

«With magic key… unlocking buds» (p. 103)
Harry Clarke :: Illustration for the poem To the Coming Spring (Margaret Mackenzie), collected in ‘The year’s at the spring; an anthology of recent poetry’. New York: Brentanos, 1920.
src University of California Libraries at Internet Archive

Anna Akhmatova Nigritella Nigra

Gerd Tinglum :: Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966) Nigritella Nigra, Highly Endangered, 1991-2005. | src Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design
Gerd M. Tinglum :: Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966) Nigritella Nigra, Highly Endangered, 1991-2005 | src Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design
Moissej Nappelbaum (1869-1958) ~ Poetess Anna Akhmatova, 1926, vintage print. Soviet Intellectual Life @ Galerie Berinson

Janet Flanner, Genêt, 1927

Berenice Abbott :: Americaan journalist Janet Flanner,pen name: Genêt [Paris correspondent of The New Yorker magazine], full-length portrait, seated, wearing top hat decorated with masks, Paris, created / published 1927. | src Library of Congress
Gelatin silver print stamped on verso: Photo Bérénice Abbott, 44 Rue du Bac, Paris.
Inscription on verso: In top hat of Sir Bache Cunard, father of Nancy Cunard, a fancy dress ball, Paris, 1925.