Category: 1920s

Ira Lagenteels, ca. 1928

Atelier Robertson (1927–1933) :: Dancer Ira Langenteels. From a group of four dance studies (Niddy Impekoven, Ellinor Bahrdt, Trude Engelhart and Ira Langenteels), ca. 1928. Each with the photographer’s studio stamp and handwritten annotations in pencil on the reverse. | src Ostlicht (Westlich) Photo Auction nº 14 (June, 2016)

Baker by Hoyningen-Huene

George Hoyningen-Huene ~ Josephine Baker for Vogue Studio, November 1927 | src Yale university library
George Hoyningen-Huene ~ Josephine Baker for Vogue Studio, 10 November 1927 | src Yale university library
George Hoyningen-Huene ~ Josephine Baker for Vogue Studio, November 1927 (full size) | src Yale university library

Niddy Impekoven, ca. 1928

Karl Schenker :: Niddy Impekoven. Photograph by Schenker from “Der künstlerische Tanz unserer Zeit” by Hermann and Marianne Aubel. Leipzig : K.R. Langewiesche, 1928. | src Crossett Library

Sent M’ahesa, 1928

Hanns Holdt :: Sent M’ahesa (Elsa von Carlberg). From Der Kunstlerische Tanz Unserer Zeit [The Artistic Dance of Our Time] by Hermann Aubel and Marianne Aubel. Leipzig, 1928. p. 10. | originally posted on tumblr | src Crossett Library
Ronit Porat :: Untitled, from Kinesphere | Tmuna Theater Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2015 | src Ronit Porat website

Schalk ~ Scoundrel, 1920s

Mario von Bucovich (Atelier Karl Schenker) :: Niddy Impekoven. “Schalk” (Scoundrel). In Der künstlerische Tanz unserer Zeit by Hermann and Marianne Aubel. Leipzig: K.R. Langewiesche, 1928. | src Crossett Library
Karl Schenker :: Niddy Impekoven. “Schalk”. Ross Verlag postcard, series 381/3. | src Photographies pour Tous
Karl Schenker :: Niddy Impekoven. “Schalk”. Ross Verlag postcard, series 381/2. | src Photographies pour Tous
Karl Schenker :: Niddy Impekoven as “Schalk”. Original photograph designed as a postcard, 1920′s. In the border: publisher: “Ross”, Berlin. Publisher’s series No. 381/2. | src Zvab

Ruth Page by Charlotte Fairchild

Ruth Page. Photo by Charlotte Fairchild. Advertisement for Cantilever Shoes. Mid-Week Pictorial, Jan. 26, 1922 | src internet archive
Ruth Page. Photo by Charlotte Fairchild. Advertisement for Cantilever Shoes, 1922. NY Times Mid-Week Pictorial, Jan. 26th, 1922 | src internet archive

Anna Robenne in “Mot ljuset”

Russian dancer Anna Robenne in “Mot ljuset” [Towards the Light]. | image src Teaterhistoriska arkive | alternative rendition
Anna Robenne (Anna Ohman) in “Mot Ijuset” (Towards the Light), ca. 1920. Photo: Olsson & Hammarqvist (Olsson’s name has been deleted from one of the pictures in the series). [annotated on verso: Nr. 6. “Mot ljuset”] | image src Göteborgs stadsmuseum