Category: 1920s

Textile design by Sonia Delaunay

Edward J. Steichen :: Tamaris with a large Art Deco scarf. Design by Sonia Delaunay, 1925. From: Edward Steichen and Art Deco Fashion. | src l’oeil de la photographie
Edward J. Steichen :: Tamaris with a large Art Deco scarf. Design by Sonia Delaunay, 1925. | src Edward Steichen and Art Deco Fashion @ l’œil de la photographie

Anita Berber as Bingha

Alexander Binder :: Anita Berber as Bingha, costume designed by Walter Schnackenberg, 1922. Schnackenberg was known as the “Toulouse-Lautrec of Germany”. | src 50 watts 

Lo Hesse in Tschaikiun, 1921

Franz Xaver Setzer :: German dancer Lo Hesse in a Chinese pantomime [Tschaikiun] and wearing a mask, Vienna, 1921. Costume design by Walter Schnackenberg. | src Imagno · Getty Images
Walter Schnackenberg :: Ballet und Pantomime ‘Tschaikiun’ II (Lo Hesse), 1920. | src Colletti Gallery
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Atelier Setzer, Wien (1909 – 1939 Atelier) :: Lo Hesse. Rollenpörtrat. Fotopapier auf Karton. | src Theatermuseum Wien
Walter Schnackenberg :: Ballet und Pantomime ‘Tschaikiun’ I, print # 3 (Lo Hesse), 1920. | src 1st dibs

Ruth Bayton by Willinger

Laszlo Willinger ~ French revue dancer Ruth Bayton with banana skirt in the Revue ‘Der Zug nach dem Westen’ (The Train to the West) at the Apollo Theater, 1927 (published: Quer (sic) 5/1927) | src Getty Images

Ruth Bayton by Atelier Balasz

Atelier Balasz ~ Ruth Bayton of the Folies Wagram. Full lenght portrait in a banana skirt, role-picture in the Revue ‘Der Zug nach dem Westen’ (The Train to the West), 1926. Published in ‘Berliner Morgenpost’ 10.11.1926. | src Getty Images

Rigmor Rasmussen by Balasz

Atelier Balázs ~ Dancer Rigmor Rasmussen wearing a golden dance costume. Published in ‘Die Dame’ 10/1928 | src getty images

 

 

Nude studies of Rigmor Rasmussen

Atelier d’Ora · Benda ~ Nude study of the dancer Rigmor Rasmussen, ca. 1927 | src the art stack
Atelier d’Ora · Benda ~ Nude study of the dancer Rigmor Rasmussen, ca. 1927 | src Leitz photographica auction 8
Atelier d’Ora · Benda ~ Nude study of the dancer Rigmor Rasmussen, ca. 1927 | src Leitz photographica auction 8
Atelier d’Ora · Benda ~ Nude study of the dancer Rigmor Rasmussen, ca. 1927 | src the art stack

Claire Bauroff, ca. 1925

Trude Fleischmann :: Die Tänzerin | The dancer Claire Bauroff, Vienna, ca. 1925. Vintage silver print. | src liveauctioneers
Trude Fleischmann :: Die Tänzerin | The dancer Claire Bauroff, Vienna, ca. 1925. Vintage silver print. | src liveauctioneers