Category: nude study, Aktstudie, étude de nu, estudi de nu, studio nudo

The Female Figure, ca. 1917

Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: The Female Nude, ca. 1917. Dye imbibition print. Rotogravure. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Inscriptions on verso: [stamp] Original Photograph by Karl Struss \ FROM “THE FEMALE FIGURE.” \ First Series. Plate Nº. [in ink]: 16.

Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: The Female Figure, ca. 1917. Hess-Ives print. Rotogravure. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Inscriptions on verso: [stamp] Original Photograph by Karl Struss \ FROM “THE FEMALE FIGURE.” \ First Series. Plate Nº. [in graphite]: 32.

Fieret’s studies of women

Gerard Fieret :: Nude torso [Naakt torso], The Hague, ca. 1965. | src Rijksmuseum
Gerard Fieret :: Sitting nude with headband and high heels, seen from behind. Two copyright stamps and a signature are part of the image. The photo is pasted in passe-partout [Naakt zittend met haarband en pumps, op de rug gezien. Twee copyright stempels en een groot signatuur maken deel uit van het beeld. De foto is in passe-partout geplakt.], 1960 – 1980. | src Rijksmuseum
Gerard Fieret :: Studies of Women [Studies van vrouwen], The Hague, ca. 1965. | src Rijksmuseum
Gerard Fieret was an eccentric poet, painter and photographer who lived in The Hague. Between 1965 and 1975 he took hundreds of photos, mainly studies of women. Later, Fieret wandered the streets, fed the pigeons each day and kept his work in the freezer. His prints are creased and the edges frayed, with the occasional trace of pigeon droppings. On each photo, he signed his name in felt-tip pen and also furnished them with copyright stamps.

from «100 Nus», 1923

Lucien Waléry (Laryew) :: Showgirl from the Folies Bergère. From ‘Portfolio de 100 Photogravures’ published in 1923 by the Librairie des Arts Décoratifs. | src livejournal and wikibooks 
Laryew (Lucien Waléry) :: “Nus. Cent photographies originales de Laryew”. Mappe mit 100 Heliogravüren. | Portfolio with 100 original photographs. Madrid, Leoncio de Miguel, undated (1923). Nice collection of 100 Art Deco nude photographs in a red original linen folder with gold-embossed title on the spine and cover. | src Koller Auctions

‘La femme avec le crâne’, 1925

František Drtikol (1883–1961) :: ‘La femme avec le crâne’, 1925. Credited and titled in the original negative, photographer’s studio stamp in the negative lower right (Drtikol – Prague Bromografia Poděbrady) and numbered “18”. | src OstLicht 22nd Photo Auction

Nude by Lucien Waléry, 1920s

Lucien Waléry [aka, Laryew, Yrélaw] :: Untitled female nude [1920s]. Photogravure in Sepia. | src Jeschke · Van Vliet
Lucien Waléry [aka, Laryew, Yrélaw] :: Untitled female nude [1920s]. Photogravure in Sepia. | src Jeschke · Van Vliet

From a collection of 100 Art Deco nudes by the Parisian photographer Waléry, who also used the anagrams Yrélaw or Laryew. He photographed mostly revue dancers 100 years ago – namely Josephine Baker and Mata Hari. Waléry is often confused with Stanislaw Julian Ignacy Count Ostroróg, maybe because from a stylistic point of view, Waléry and Count Ostoróg could very well have been one and the same person (cf. Jürg H. Meyer, Wer war Walery?). Quoted from source.

Nude bending backwards, 1923

Lucien Waléry :: Showgirl from the Folies Bergère. From ‘Portfolio de 100 Photogravures’ published in 1923 by the Librairie des Arts Décoratifs. Plate (planche) LXXVI. | src livejournal and wikibooks

Kneeling nude by Waléry

Lucien Waléry [aka, Stanislaw Waléry, Laryew, Yrélaw] :: Showgirl from the Folies Bergère. From a portfolio of 100 photogravures published in 1923 by the Librairie des Arts Décoratifs. | src livejournal and wikibooks

Standing nude by Waléry


Lucien Waléry :: Showgirl from the Folies Bergère. From ‘Portfolio de 100 Photogravures’ published in 1923 by the Librairie des Arts Décoratifs. | src livejournal and wikibooks

Nude by Waléry, ca. 1923

Lucien Waléry [aka, Stanislaw Waléry, Laryew, Yrélaw] :: Showgirl from the Folies Bergère. Portfolio of 100 photogravures published in 1923 by the Librairie des Arts Décoratifs. Plate XXIX. | src livejournal and wikibooks