Category: illustration, dessin, drawing, etching, drypoint, aquatint, gouache, watercolor, Zeichnung, Entwurf, disegno, illustrazione

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

Exhibition of Austrian Visual Artists, 1902


Alfred Roller (1864–1935) :: XIV. Ausstellung der Vereinigung bildender Künstler Österreichs – Secession Wien. Klinger – Beethoven. (1902) | src MK&G ~ Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)

Das getupfte Ei, 1907

Oskar Kokoschka :: Shepherd, Stag and Fox (Hirt, Hirsch und Fuchs). Illustration for the shadow play The Speckled Egg (Das getupfte Ei) (plate 1) from the First Theater Program of Kabarett Fledermaus (Cabaret Fledermaus), 1907. Designed by Carl Otto Czeschka, this program exemplifies the then-current idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art. | src MoMA

Die 11 Scharfrichter

Thomas Theodor Heine :: Marya Delvard. Die 11 Scharfrichter. The Eleven Executioners was the first popular cabaret in Germany, and its subject matter was political humour. Marya Delvard used to sing underneath a single spotlight, creating a performance that was both chilling and enticing. This poster is from a 1902 performance. | src The Guardian

The Dancer Gertrude Barrison

Fritz Zeymer :: The Dancer Gertrude Barrison (plate 3) from the First Theater Program of Kabarett Fledermaus (Cabaret Fledermaus) 1907. In October 1907, the Wiener Werkstätte opened the nightspot and performing arts space. Designed by Carl Otto Czeschka, this program exemplifies the then-current idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art. | src MoMA

Tortola Valencia, dansa oriental

Imatge de Tórtola Valencia en una dansa oriental [La baiadera. La bayadera. La Bayadère]. Cartell de Krenes (autor), ca. 1919. Thomas and Wylie (Impressor). | src Centre de Documentació · MAE · Institut del Teatre

Eleonora Duse (1858-1924)


Photo A. Champagne. Eleonora Duse. The great Italian tragédienne whose death has mourned the soul of all those who love the Theater in the world. Original: La grande tragédienne italienne de qui la mort a endeuillé l’âme de tous ceu qui dans le monde aiment le Théâtre. Le Théâtre et Comœdia illustré, Mai 1924. | src BnF ~ Gallica
Eleonora Duse als Kameliendame (Phot. Bengue, Paris). UHU Magazin, Sept. 1925. | src Flickr
ELEONORA DUSE, (d’après une sanguine [red chalk drawing] de Roumoff 1892). Le Théâtre et Comœdia illustré, Mai 1924. | src BnF ~ Gallica

Kreuzigung, ca. 1900

Maximilian Kurzweil :: “Kreuzigung” | “Crucifixion”, ca. 1900. Black pen and brush, colored chalks on wove paper; verso figure studies in black chalk. With monogram stamp lower right. Provenance: Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles. | src Bassenge and issu

Kabarett Fledermaus (1907)

Berthold Löffler :: The Diseuse Marya Delvard (plate 2) from the First Theater Program of Kabarett Fledermaus (Cabaret Fledermaus) 1907. Designed by Carl Otto Czeschka, this program exemplifies the then-current idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art. | src MoMA