Category: Nickolas Muray, Nicholas Muray

The Brigand, ca. 1921

Nickolas Muray :: The Brigand, ca. 1921. Bromide print of a man [Hubert Julian Stowitts] in profile, creeping along a wall. He has a turban on his head and a sheath in his hand, he is poised on his toes. Verso: “Title: The Brigand by Nickolas Muray. 124 Macdougal Street New York.” and “London Salon, 1921.” | src NMAH ~ Smithosonian Institution

The Denishawn School of Dance

Nickolas Muray :: In the summer of 1916 Martha Graham began her dance studies at The Denishawn School of Dance and Related Arts in Los Angeles. In the photograph Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis sit atop the rock. Martha is seated second from the right. (late 1910s-early 1920s). | src Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance

Martha Graham in Xochitl, 1920

Nickolas Muray :: Martha Graham in Xochitl (1920). Ted Shawn choreographed this piece, about an Indian Princess, on Graham in which she danced the title role of Xochitl. Shawn played the role of Emperor Tepancaltzin. Xochitl premiered in Long Beach, California in June 1920. © Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance | src online exhibit

Martha Graham · Javanese dance

Nickolas Muray ~ Dancer Martha Graham in a Javanese dance interlude. Shadowland magazine, April 1922
Nickolas Muray ~ Dancer Martha Graham in a Javanese dance. Shadowland, April 1922 | src internet archive

The Globe, 1920

Nickolas Muray :: The Globe. Photograms of the Year. The annual review of the world’s pictorial photographic work, 1920 issue (plate X). Edited by F. J. Mortimer. | src archive.org