La suma · Borges & Cordier

‘Chemigram 15.9.91 ‘from La Suma of Jorge Luis Borges”, chemigram by Pierre Cordier, 1991 Belgium. Museum no. E.330-2018 | src V&A museum

Ante la cal de una pared que nada
nos veda imaginar como infinita
un hombre se ha sentado y premedita
trazar con rigurosa pincelada
en la blanca pared el mundo entero:
puertas, balanzas, tártaros, jacintos,
ángeles, bibliotecas, laberintos,
anclas, Uxmal, el infinito, el cero.
Puebla de formas la pared. La suerte,
que de curiosos dones no es avara,
le permite dar fin a su porfía.
En el preciso instante de la muerte
descubre que esa vasta algarabía
de líneas es la imagen de su cara.

Jorge Luis Borges : La suma, Obras completas

Jorge Luis Borges : La suma, From : Obras completas. Emecé Editores, 1996
Chemigram 20.3.92 from ‘La Suma of Jorge Luis Borges’, chemigram by Pierre Cordier, 1992, Belgium. Museum no. E.859-2010 | src V&A museum

Karla Grosch · Metal dance

T. Lux Feininger (1910 – 2011) ~ [Metalltanz], Bauhaus Dessau, about 1928-1929 | src getty.edu

Karla Grosch’s performance of Metalltanz, or “Dance in Metal,” exploited the reflective properties of polished metal. The avant-garde performances produced by Oskar Schlemmer’s Stage Workshop at the Bauhaus School are seen today as significant forerunners of modern performance art and multimedia theater.

The photographer T. Lux Feininger studied at the Bauhaus with Schlemmer, under whose direction theater and dance became popular and important aspects of the German school’s program. [text from getty.edu]

T. Lux Feininger (1910 – 2011) ~ [Metalltanz]. Dance in Metal, by Oskar Schlemmer, performed by Karla Grosch, Dessau, ca. 1928-1929 | src Getty museum
T. Lux Feininger ~ Untitled (Bauhaus Stage; Dance in Metal by Oskar Schlemmer, performed by Karla Grosch), ca. 1928 | src Kicken Galerie Berlin at Art Basel 2019

Desert Shiprock · Gilpin · 1925

Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) ~ Shiprock from Mesa Verde [Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado]; Sept. 1925. Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) ~ Phantom Ship of the Desert Shiprock from Mesa Verde; Sept. 1925. Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art

The Larsen dancers · C.H. White

Clarence Hudson White (1871–1925) ~ Larsen Dancers [7/11], ca. 1923 – 1924. Platinum print. | Princeton University Art Museum
Clarence Hudson White (1871–1925) ~ Larsen Dancers [6/11], ca. 1923 – 1924. Platinum print. | Princeton University Art Museum
Clarence Hudson White (1871–1925) ~ Larsen Dancers [9/11], ca. 1923 – 1924. Platinum print. | Princeton University Art Museum
Clarence Hudson White (1871–1925) ~ Larsen Dancers [10/11], ca. 1923 – 1924. Platinum print. | Princeton University Art Museum
Clarence Hudson White (1871–1925) ~ Larsen Dancers [5/11], ca. 1923 – 1924. Platinum print. | Princeton University Art Museum

Sunshine and Playtime · 1893

Emma Justine Farnsworth ~ From Sunshine and Playtime, 1893 | src internet archive
Emma Justine Farnsworth ~ From Sunshine and Playtime, 1893 | src internet archive
Emma Justine Farnsworth ~ From Sunshine and Playtime, 1893 | src internet archive
Emma Justine Farnsworth ~ From Sunshine and Playtime, 1893 | src internet archive
Emma Justine Farnsworth ~ From Sunshine and Playtime, 1893 | src internet archive

Girl in Pierrette costume · ca 1915

Arthur William Emmerton ~ ‘Child posing in Pierrot costume’, probably  ca. 1915. Glass negative. Inscriptions: “H17” on negative sleeve. | src National Library of Australia
Child posing in Pierrot costume (ca. 1915) by Arthur William Emmerton [Detail]

Electricity · Madam Satan

Theodore Kosloff dans un costume Electricity d’Adrian, pour la séquence de ballet intitulé Ballet Mécanique, dans Madam Satan, le film de Cecil B. DeMille, 1930
Madam Satan” film photograph featuring Theodore Kosloff as “Electricity”, 1930. | src Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries C0468
Madam Satan” film photograph featuring Theodore Kosloff as “Electricity” and a group of dancers dressed as turbines or generators for the ballet sequence entitled Ballet Mechanique. | src George Mason University Libraries

Lilyan Tashman costume by Erté

Publicity still for the American romantic comedy film Bright Lights (Robert Z. Leonard, 1925)
Lilyan Tashman in the perfume bottle costume designed by Erté in Bright Lights (Robert Z. Leonard, 1925)

Image retrieved from Wikimedia commons. Original source, according to Wikimedia: Vieira, Mark A. (2019). Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934): When Sin Ruled the Movies (eBook). New York: Running Press. Hachette Book Group

Lilyan Tashman in the perfume bottle costume designed by Erté in the now lost silent film Bright Lights (Robert Z. Leonard, 1925) | src Grapefruitmoon Gallery on eBay
Lilyan Tashman in the perfume bottle costume designed by Erté in Bright Lights (Robert Z. Leonard, 1925)