Category: 1930s

Carina Ari in The Moonlight

Carina Ari i Månstrålen (in The Moonlight, aka Rayon de lune), Studio Granere, Paris, 1934. | src Dansmuseet on IG
Carina Ari i Månstrålen (Rayon de lune), 1928, foto: Studio Iris, Paris. | Carina Ari in The Moon Ray (Rayon de lune), 1928, photo: Studio Iris, Paris. | src dansmuseet on IG
Balletttänzerin Carina Ari (*), late1920s -early 1930s | src Nordicphotos on eBay
(*) Maria Karina Viktoria Jansson (Stockholm, 1897 – Buenos Aires, 1970)

Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers

Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers. Season 1935-1936. [photo: Shawn’s men dancers in Wolf Dance (used later in his ballet Feather of the Dawn) by Putnam and Valentine, Los Angeles, 1918 (src NYPL) | src Iowa University Libraries

Soul of the Dance, 1933

Harold F. Kells :: Soul of the Dance, 1933, gelatin silver print toned, heightened with crayon (?). | src National Gallery of Canada

“The Caterpillar Dance”, 1931

“The Caterpillar Dance” Helene Shelda a young Russian dancer who was inspired by the Hindus in British India, achieves great success in Paris, 1931. Original caption: Balletstukken op naam. “De Rupsdans” Helene Shelda een jonge Russische danseres die werd gëinspireerd door de Hindoe’s in Brits-Indië, oogst grote successen in Parijs, Frankrijk 1931. | src Het Geheugen – Fotocollectie Het Leven

Hat for Eating Bouillabaisse

Photograph of Eileen Agar wearing Ceremonial Hat for Eating Bouillabaisse, 1936, Photograph Private Collection, © Estate of Eileen Agar / Bridgeman Images. From: “Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy” exhibition, 2021. | src La Gazette Drouot

Tulipe et fleurs, vers 1935

Blanc et Demilly :: “Tulipe”, vers 1935. Tirage d’exposition solarisé. Signé sur l’image au crayon rouge. | src La Gazette Drouot
Blanc et Demilly :: “Étude de fleurs”, vers 1935. Au dos: cachet Blanc et Demilly. | src La Gazette Drouot

Valerie Kratina, ca. 1930

Unknown, Tanzpose, Valerie Kratina (Schule Hellerau-Laxenburg), um 1930, Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 57624/59, CC0 | src Wien Museum online Sammlung
Unbekannt, Tanzpose, Valerie Kratina (Schule Hellerau-Laxenburg), um 1930, Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 57624/59, CC0 (Full image) | src Wien Museum online Sammlung

Mask self portraits, 1930

Gertrud Arndt (born Gertrud Hantschk) :: Ohne Titel (Maskenselbsporträt · Masked self portrait), Dessau 1930. © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2018. | src Galerie Kicken, Berlin and MoMa

Gertrud Arndt (born Gertrud Hantschk) :: Mask photograph No. 6, Dessau, ca. 1930. | src Bauhaus Dessau Foundation ~ The Discovery of Photography
“This self-portrait comes from a photographic oeuvre that includes 43 self-portraits known as ‘mask portraits’. The pictures (she said) were taken out of ‘boredom’.” quoted from The Discovery of Photography
Gertrud Arndt (1903–2000) :: Maskenselbstbildnis Nr. 11 | Mask Self Portrait Nº 11, 1930. Gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1930. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn | Courtesy Kicken Berlin | src Sheroes of Photography (part I) exhibition