Category: portrait, Porträt, retrato, ritratto, portret, retrat, Bildnis

Is there love at first sight?

Mario von Bucovich :: Portrait of American actress Imogene Robertson (1905-1948, née: Mary Imogene Robertson), ca. 1927. Photographer: Mario von Bucovich (Atelier Karl Schenker). Published in 'Uhu' 03/1928/29. | src Getty Images
Gibt es eine Liebe auf den ersten Blick ? Jugend: Münchner illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben, 1927, Band 1-2 (Nr. 16) | src Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Mario von Bucovich :: Portrait of American actress Imogene Robertson (1905-1948, née: Mary Imogene Robertson), ca. 1927. Photographer: Mario von Bucovich (Atelier Karl Schenker). Published in 'Uhu' 03/1928/29. | src Getty Images
Mario von Bucovich :: Portrait of American actress Imogene Robertson (1905-1948, née: Mary Imogene Robertson), ca. 1927. Photographer: Mario von Bucovich (Atelier Karl Schenker). Published in ‘Uhu’ 03/1928/29. | src Getty Images

Svenska Baletten, 1920-21

Svenska Baletten på taket till hemmascenen Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. | Swedish Ballet on the roof of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. Paris 1920 | src Dansmuseets arkiv on IG
Svenska Baletten. Taket till Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, 22 februari 1921. | src Dansmuseet arkiv on IG
The Swedish Ballet over the roof of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, 22 February, 1921. | src Dansmuseet arkiv on IG

«The beautiful ladies in Film»

«Die schonen Damen im Film». Sie und ihr Kleid sind indes Provenienz.
Man Merkt den “filmisch” sehenden Künstler, der sein Modell in interessanter Einstellung photographiert, so dass das Bild auf den ersten Blick wie die Aufnahme eines “Stars” wirkt. Photo Dietrich & Co., Die Bühne, Heft 451, S. 30-31, 1937. | src ÖNB

Vera Fokina, 1910

Vera Fokina, 1910. (A. Doumenq.) Collection des plus beaux numéros de "Comœdia illustré" et des programmes consacrés aux ballets et galas russes depuis le début à Paris, 1909-1921. | src BnF
Vera Fokina, 1910. (A. Doumenq.) Collection des plus beaux numéros de “Comœdia illustré” et des programmes consacrés aux ballets et galas russes depuis le début à Paris, 1909-1921. | src BnF

Mary Wigman by Merkelbach

Atelier Jacob Merkelbach :: Gegevens (Given). German dancer and expressionist dance pioneer Mary Wigman, 1920s. | src Het Stadsarchief Amsterdam Beeldban
Atelier Jacob Merkelbach :: German dancer and expressionist dance pioneer Mary Wigman, 1920s. | src Het Stadsarchief Amsterdam Beeldbank
Atelier Jacob Merkelbach :: Gegevens (Given). German dancer and expressionist dance pioneer Mary Wigman, 1920s. | src Het Stadsarchief Amsterdam Beeldban
Atelier Jacob Merkelbach :: German dancer and expressionist dance pioneer Mary Wigman, 1920s. | src Het Stadsarchief Amsterdam Beeldbank
Atelier Jacob Merkelbach :: German dancer, dance teacher and choreographer, pioneer of expressionist dance | src Het Stadsarchief
Jacob Merkelbach :: Portret danseres Mary Wigman, buste. Mary Wigman (titel op object), 1920-1930. | src Rijksmuseum
Jacob Merkelbach :: Portret danseres Mary Wigman, buste. Mary Wigman (titel op object), 1920-1930. | src Rijksmuseum
Jacob Merkelbach :: Portret danseres Mary Wigman, buste. Mary Wigman (titel op object), 1920-1930. | src Rijksmuseum
Jacob Merkelbach :: Portret danseres Mary Wigman, buste. Mary Wigman (titel op object), 1920-1930. | src Rijksmuseum

Lubovska, January 1918

Arnold Genthe :: Lubovska*, 17 January, 1918. Glass negative. Library of Congress | src and hi-res Flickr
Arnold Genthe :: Lubovska*, 17 January, 1918. Glass negative. Library of Congress | src and hi-res Flickr
Arnold Genthe :: Lubovska*, 17 January, 1918. Glass negative. Library of Congress | src and hi-res Flickr
(*) Lubovska, aka Desirée Lubovska or Desiree Lubowska, born Winniefred Foote on June 21st, 1893 in Minnesota

Elizabeth Strong-Cuevas, 1953

Madame d’Ora :: Elizabeth Strong-Cuevas in a costume by Pierre Balmain for her father’s party, ca. 1953. © Nachlass Madame d’Ora und Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg via Vogue Magazine