Johnston · Driveways · 1930s

Frances Benjamin Johnston ~ Driveway looking away from William A. Dawson House, Mobile, Alabama, 1939 | Library of Congress
Frances Benjamin Johnston ~ Wormsloe Plantation driveway. Savannah vicinity, Chatham County, Georgia, ca. 1940 | src Shorpy

Shadow pattern on Miller torso

Man Ray :: Shadow Patterns on Lee Miller’s Torso, ca. 1930. Gelatin silver print. | src The Huffington post
Man Ray :: Untitled (Shadow patterns on Lee Miller’s Torso), ca. 1930 Photo-engraving. | src liveauctioneers

Dans la plage de Noir Moutier

Fernand Fonssagrives (1910-2003) :: La Plage de Noir Moutier # 1. Gelatin silver print, 1935-37; printed ca. 1980. | src Swann Galleries
Fernand Fonssagrives (1910-2003) :: La Plage de Noir Moutier # 1. Gelatin silver print, 1935-37; printed ca. 1980. | src Swann Galleries
Fernand Fonssagrives (1910-2003) :: La Plage de Noir Moutier # 1. Gelatin silver print, 1935-37; printed ca. 1980. | src Swann Galleries
Fernand Fonssagrives :: La Plage de Noir Moutier | The Black Moutier Beach, ca. 1937. Silver print; printed 1980. | src Swann Galleries

Gret Palucca jumping 1920s-1930s

Charlotte Rudolph :: Le Saut de Palucca, ca. 1922-1923. Centre Pompidou, Diffusion RMN. © Adagp, Paris 2011. | src Danser sa vie
Siegfried Enkelmann / Atelier Robertson :: Sprungstudie (Gret Palucca), Berlin 1930. © 2019, ProLitteris, Zurich. | src e-flux
Hans Robertson (Atelier Robertson) :: Dancer Gret Palucca, (1902-1993) jumping, ca. 1931. Published by: ‘B.Z.’ 05.11.1931. | src Getty Images

Retrato de lo eterno ca. 1935

Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902-2002) ~ Retrato de lo eterno (Portrait of the Eternal), Mexico, 1935
Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902-2002) ~ Retrato de lo eterno (Portrait of the Eternal), Mexico, 1935, printed 1970s | src vintageworks
Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902-2002) ~ Retrato de lo Eterno (Isabel Villaseñor), 1935, printed ca. 1980s | src Tate galleries
Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902-2002) ~ Retrato de lo eterno (Portrait of the Eternal), 1930s | src Sotheby’s

In Portrait of the Eternal, Álvarez Bravo fashioned a modern vanitas image of contemplative mystery, which at first appears in line with Surrealist ideas of the female muse. But this was no ordinary choice of model and collaborator: it was Isabel Villaseñor. Already well known as a talented artist and poet, Villaseñor’s distinctive profile, curtain of luxuriant hair, and mestiza (mixed race) heritage resonated with Mexicanidad and an ongoing process of national re-creation during the post-revolutionary period. (text: MMoCA)

Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902-2002) ~ Retrato de lo eterno (Portrait of the Eternal), 1935 | src MMoCA (Madison Museum of Contemporary Art)

En Retrato de lo eterno, Álvarez Bravo construyó la imagen de una vanitas moderna de misterio contemplativo que a primera vista parece alinearse con ideas surrealistas sobre la musa femenina. Pero la elección de su modelo y colaboradora para esta imagen no fue una opción caprichosa. Se trataba de Isabel Villaseñor, ya para entonces bastante conocida como artista y una poeta talentosa. Su perfil inconfundible, el velo de su cabellera suntuosa y su herencia mestiza resonaban con el concepto de mexicanidad y con los procesos en curso de re-creación nacional durante el periodo posrevolucionario. (text: MMoCA · Madison Museum of Contemporary Art)

Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902-2002) ~ Woman Combing Her Hair, 1932-33 | src Carnegie museum of art

Open air exercise, ca. 1936

Gerhard Riebicke ~ Open air exercise, around 1936. | src anamorfose also on ODLP ~ l’œil de la photographie

Distortions series, ca. 1933

André Kertész :: Untitled (Distortion # 68), ca. 1932-1933. | src Art Institute Chicago
André Kertész :: Untitled (Distortion # 64), ca. 1932-1933. | src Art Institute Chicago
André Kertész :: Untitled (Distortion # 69), ca. 1932-1933. | src Art Institute Chicago

Lee Miller nudes by Man Ray

Man Ray (1890-1976) ~ Lee Miller buste nu, 1929-1932. Epreuve gélatino-argentique | src RMN ~ Centre Pompidou
Man Ray (1890-1976) ~ Lee Miller buste nu, 1929-1932. Epreuve gélatino-argentique | src RMN ~ Centre Pompidou