Category: photography, photographie, fotografia, fotografía, Fotografie

La Cantate du Narcisse, 1920s

Laure Albin-Guillot :: Nude study. Illustration for “La Cantate du Narcisse” by Paul Valéry, France, ca. 1920. | src getty images

Dance figures (Popard), 1920s

Pierre Apers :: Gymnast and dance teacher Irène Popard, 1925-1930. Signed on the negative in the photo on the lower right corner. | src catawiki
Pierre Apers :: Gymnast and dance teacher Irène Popard (and other), 1925-1930. Signed on the negative in the photo on the lower right corner. | src catawiki

Danses d’Irène Popard, ca. 1925

Pierre Apers :: Gymnast and dance teacher Irène Popard, 1925-1930. Signed on the negative in the photo on the lower right corner. | src catawiki
Pierre Apers :: Danses d’Irène Popard, ca. 1925. Tirages argentique d’époque représentant la danseuse Irène Popard. Signature dans le négatif. | src Maison R&C Commissaires-Priseurs Associés

Irène Popard, ca. 1925

Pierre Apers :: Gymnast and dance techer Irène Popard, ca. 1925. | src Millon – Photographie pour tous
Pierre Apers :: Gymnast and dance teacher Irène Popard, 1925-1930. Signed on the negative in the photo on the lower right corner. | src catawiki

Singer Raquel Meller, ca. 1926

Pierre Apers :: Spanish singer and actress Raquel Meller (1888-1962, born Francisca Marqués López) in Spanish traditional costume smoking, date unknown (1920s). Published in Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung (BIZ) 36/1926. | src Getty Images

Musidora (French card)

Musidora, 1915, France. Series: Portrait de Stars. French collectors card. L'encyclopédie du Cinéma'. Collection Cinémathèque Française. | src eBay
Musidora, 1915, France. Series: Portrait de Stars. French collectors card. L’encyclopédie du Cinéma’. Collection Cinémathèque Française. | src eBay
Portrait of Musidora (Jeanne Roques) | src Librairie Le Pas Sage
Portrait of Musidora (Jeanne Roques) | src Librairie Le Pas Sage

Musidora dans «Les Vampires»

Photographie publicitaire de Musidora revêtue de son collant noir devenu iconique grâce à son rôle d’Irma Vep dans le film Les Vampires de Louis Feuillade. Tirage argentique postérieur, circa 1915-16 | src Artprecium: 400 photographies de cinema por tous 8e edition / lot 6: les vampires
Musidora dans «Les Vampires», 1916, France. Series: Portrait de Stars. French collectors card. L’encyclopédie du Cinéma’. Collection Cinémathèque Française. | src eBay
Musidora wearing the iconic black silk maillot, in her role as Irma Vep in Les Vampires by Louis Feuillade, circa 1915. Vintage card. | src IMdB

The image above was probably a (role) portrait by Henri Manuel. The image credit is illegible but the typography used is the same as in other images of Musidora by Atelier Henri Manuel [Photo Manuel].

Musidora in Les Vampires [An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.] Louis Feuillade, 1915. | src Virtual History
Musidora in Les Vampires [An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.] Louis Feuillade, 1915. | src Virtual History