Category: 1930s

Saltaire, Fire Island, 1938

Pa Ja Ma Group :: Paul Cadmus (1904-1999), Jared French (1905-1987), and Margaret Hoening French (1889-1973). Photograph titled “Paul Cadmus and Margaret French, Saltaire, Fire Island,” 1938, depicting Cadmus and Margaret French laying in the sand. Photographed by Jared French. Silver gelatin print. | src Revere Auctions at Bidsquare

Boys diving in the Patapsco

A. Aubrey Bodine :: “Boys Swimming in the Patapsco”. Gelatin silver print, signed “A. Aubrey Bodine”, titled on verso, photographer stamps on verso. Undated on source, date on Aubrey Bodine’s webpage 1933. | src Alex Cooper Auctioneers on Bidsquare

Lilliput comparisons, 1937-1939

(1) ‘Lilliput’ comparison (10) from ‘Pocket Omnibus’ (1937-38)
(2) ‘Lilliput’ comparison (7) from ‘Pocket Omnibus’ (1937-38)
(3) ‘Lilliput’ comparison (22) from ‘Pocket Omnibus’ (August 1939)
(4) ‘Lilliput’ comparison (24) from ‘Pocket Omnibus’ (October 1939)
Lilliput, a magazine by Stefan Lorant | src Flickr

Lilliput comparisons, 1937-38

(top) ‘Lilliput’ comparison (8) from ‘Pocket Omnibus’ (1937-38)
(middle) ‘Lilliput’ comparison (13) from ‘Pocket Omnibus’ (1937-38)
(bottom) ‘Lilliput’ comparison (14) from ‘Pocket Omnibus’ (1937-38)
Lilliput, a magazine by Stefan Lorant | src Flickr

Lilliput Annual 1940 comparisons

The Lilliput Annual 1940 comparisons [src design observer]
1) Rhythmical gymnasts. Photograph: Keystone / Throwing a Mills bomb. Photograph: Topical
2) Calf’s eye. Photograph: Ylla (Camilla Koffler) / Girl’s eye. Photograph: Dorien Leigh
3) Australian / Australian. Photographs: Central Press
4) Man’s idea of the human body / Nature’s idea of the human body. Photographs: uncredited
5) Stone heads unearthed in Mexico. Photograph: Wide World / Baseball player: Photograph: Keystone
6) Penelope Dudley-Ward and Flora Robson. Photographs: Angus McBean

‘Sorg’ and ‘Sorrow’, 1933

Moise Benkow :: Sorg (up) + Sorrow / Sorg (bottom), 1933. Signed and dated on photograph’s verso. (The text “3. Sorrow” on verso and label from New Orleans exhibition 1936, on second image) | src Modernamuseet

Female nude by Moise Benkow

Moise Benkow (1892 – 1952) ~ Titel saknas (No Title), u.å. (undated) [1930s (?)] | src Moderna Museet
Moise Benkow (1892 – 1952) ~ Untitled nude (undated) [1930s (?)] | src Moderna Museet

Moise Benkow · Nude girl

Moise Benkow (1892 – 1952) ~ Titel saknas, u.å. (undated) | src Moderna Museet
Moise Benkow (1892 – 1952) ~ Titel saknas (nude girl), 1933 | src Moderna Museet