Category: 1930s

Chappell as Creole boy · 1935

Barbara Ker-Seymer (1905–1993) ~ William Chappell in costume as a Creole Boy for the ballet ‘Rio Grande’ [1935] | src Tate Gallery
Barbara Ker-Seymer (1905-1993) ~ William Chappell in costume as Creole Boy for the ballet ‘Rio Grande’ [1935] | src Tate Gallery

Kyra Nijinsky by Ker-Seymer

Barbara Ker-Seymer (1905-1993) ~ Photograph of Kyra Nijinsky [ca. 1930s] | src Tate Gallery
Barbara Ker-Seymer Photograph of Kyra Nijinsky [ca. 1930s] | src Tate Gallery
Barbara Ker-Seymer (1905-1993) ~ Photograph of Kyra Nijinsky [ca. 1930s] | src Tate Gallery

All images are by Barbara Ker-Seymer (1905–1993), retrieved from Tate gallery

Sitter: Kyra Nijinsky [ca. 1930]

Some photographs [seven out of a batch of nine] have been marked up with crop lines and areas for retouching.

Gymnastics · Finland · 1933

Rainer Sopanen ~ Voimistelua | Gymnastics, 1933. JOKA Journalistinen kuva-arkisto | src museovirasto
Gymnastics photo from book “Soita sinä, me voimistelemme”
Rainer Sopanen ~ Voimistelua | Gymnastics, 1933. JOKA Journalistinen kuva-arkisto | src Museovirasto
Gymnastics photo from book “Soita sinä, me voimistelemme”
Detail from image on top : Gymnastics (1933) by Rainer Sopanen

Gymnastics at Tanhuvaara

Gymnastics at Tanhuvaara, 1930. JOKA (Journalistinen kuva-arkisto) | src museovirasto
Water nymphs on a seaside rock (Finnish : Vedenneitoja rantakivellä) | src Museovirasto
Female gymnasts on a rock on the shore of Tanhuvaara gymnastics home in Pappilanniemi (the Bay of Vyborg) 1930.
Detail of image on top : Gymnastics at Tanhuvaara in 1930

Women gymnastics · 1930s

Rainer Sopanen ~ Voimistelua (Gymnastics), 1933. JOKA (Journalistinen kuva-arkisto)
Gymnastics photo from book “Soita sinä, me voimistelemme” | src Museovirasto
Women gymnastics (Finnish : Naisvoimistelua). Women gymnastics at Mrs. Verna Pahlman’s courses. Photo: Aira (JOKA)
In : Suomen Kuvalehti 1930 nr. 21, 956 | src Museovirasto
Original scan of image on top from the book “Soita sinä, me voimistelemme”

Dancer by Khlebnikov · 1930s

Alexander Khlebnikov ~ Ballerina, 1930s. The art of movement. Ballerina Nadezhdina | src Museu.Mart
Alexander Khlebnikov ~ Ballerina, 1930s. The art of movement. | src Museu Mart
Alexander Khlebnikov ~ Ballerina, 1930s. The art of movement. | src Museum of the Russian Photography (link)

Finnish cats on Caturday

Haukotteleva kissa. A Yawning cat on the steps, Summer of 1931. JOKA : Journalistinen kuva-arkisto | src Museovirasto
A woman with two kittens in her arms 1935. Photo: Pietinen | src Museovirasto
Pekka Kyytinen ~ The cat is taught to swim in Särkijärvi, 1937-1939 | src Museovirasto
István Rácz ~ Three kittens, 1959 | src Museovirasto
Kari Rainer Pulkkinen ~ Kittens in a basket, 1967-1969 (Detail). JOKA : Journalistinen kuva-arkisto | src Museovirasto

Helga Golze um 1940

Variety artist Helga Golze (*1924), the “Jump wonder” “Helgina” from Berlin. Gelatin silver prints. Around 1940 | src JVV

Some stamped on the reverse and / or on the recto with the photographer’s signature of S. Enkelmann (partially on Agfa Brovira photo paper) and Foto-Schreyer Berlin. (JVV)

Varieté Künstlerin Helga Golze (*1924), dem “Spring-Wunder” “Helgina” aus Berlin. Silbergelatineabzüge. Um 1940 | src Jeschke Jádi Auktionen Berlin (JVV)

Ruth Sorel-Abramowitsch · 1933

Ruth Sorel-Abramowitsch in the dance Salome, winner of the first prize
1st International Artistic Solo Dance Competition in Warsaw (June 1933)
Ruth Sorel-Abramowitsch in the Matka [Mother] dance or Salome dance (*). Most likely, the second option : Salomé (06.1933)

(*) The archives of the Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe, host two identical photographs [as the one above here] of Ruth Sorel Abramowitsch, one is captioned as performing the dance Matka and the other as Salome [respective reference id numbers are 3105/616/15 and 3105/616/16]. Both images are part of the same batch, corresponding to the First International Artistic Solo Dance Competition in Warsaw (June, 1933)

source of all images in this post : Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe

Salome, performed by Ruth Sorel-Abramowitsch, winner of the 1st prize.
1st International Artistic Solo Dance Competition in Warsaw (06.1933)