Category: 1920s

Desha Delteil, ca. 1922

Nickolas Muray (1892–1965) :: [Desha Deltail **], portrait, ca. 1922. Gift of Mrs. Nickolas Muray. | src Eastman Museum ** born Desha Eva Podgoršek in Ljubljana in 1899
Nickolas Muray (1892–1965) :: [Desha Delteil **], ca. 1922. Gift of Mrs. Nickolas Muray. | src Eastman Museum
** born Desha Eva Podgoršek in Ljubljana in 1899

Tänzerische Akrobatik, 1926

Gerhard Riebicke :: Outdoor gymnastics. Student of the Trümpy dancing school doing an acrobatic jump. Published in UHU magazine, Heft 5, 1926. | src Getty Images
Gerhard Riebicke :: Outdoor gymnastics. Student of the Trümpy dancing school doing an acrobatic jump. Published in UHU magazine, Heft 5, 1926. | src Getty Images
Gerhard Riebicke :: Tänzerische Akrobatik (Phot. Riebicke). UHU Magazin, Februar 1926. | src arthistoricum
Gerhard Riebicke :: Tänzerische Akrobatik (Phot. Riebicke). UHU Magazin, Februar 1926. | src arthistoricum

Portraits of Mayakovsky

Abram Shterenberg (1894-1979) ~ Portrait of Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924. Vintage gelatin silver print. | src Nailya Alexander Gallery

Abram Shterenberg probably was the first photographer who took portraits of Mayakovsky (ca. 1923). Rodchenko used his portraits for the photomontages for “Pro Eto” (About This), the love poem Mayakovsky wrote for his muse Lili Brik.

Alexander Rodchenko ~ The Poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924
Alexander Rodchenko ~ The Poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924. Museum Series, Portfolio n.1: Classic Images, 1924-1936 | Christie’s
Alexander Rodchenko ~ The Poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924. Museum Series, Portfolio n.1 Classic Images, 1924-1936 | Christie’s
Alexander Rodchenko, also Aleksandr Rodchenko ~ Portrait of Mayakovsky, 1924 | src Nayla Alexander Gallery
Alexander Rodchenko ~ Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924. Museum Series, Portfolio n. 2: Portraits, 1924 – 1937 | src Sotheby’s

Nancy Cunard & surrealist friends

Man Ray ~ Nancy Cunard and Tristan Tzara at the costume ball of count de Beaumont, 1924 | src flickr
Man Ray ~ Nancy Cunard and Tristan Tzara at the costume ball of count de Beaumont, 1924
Curtis Moffat (1887-1949) ~ Nancy Cunard and Louis Aragon, 1926 | src lefigaro

 

Lucy Doraine by Binder

Lucy Doraine by Atelier Binder. Ross Verlag postcard / src virtual-history / postcards

Hungarian film actress of the silent era Lucy Doraine, born as Ilona Kovács, aka Mrs Mihaly Kertesz as she married Hungarian director, Mihaly Kertesz (Michael Curtiz). Ross Verlag vintage photo postcard, 1920s / src virtual-history / postcards

If I had a broomstick, 1920

“If I had a broomstick”, page 74
A boy flies on a broom over a city by the sea. He is going down fast. Illustration by Harry Clarke for 
The year’s at the spring (1920) | src California Digital Library at Internet Archive via old book illustrations

FKK · Julius Gross · 1926

Julius Groß :: Akt in Bewegung. Lebensreform (Freikörperkultur · FKK), 1926. Vintage photo from the early life reform and nudity culture movement in Germany | src eBay