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

Maria Orska in Erdgeist, 1916

Atelier Rembrandt :: Maria Orska (born Effi Rahel Blindermann) in her role as Lulu in the stage play Erdgeist (Earth Spirit) by Franz Wedekind directed in 1916 by Max Reinhardt. German postcard by Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilm, nº 9696. | src Truus, Bob & Jan too on Flickr

Actress in stage costume, 1923

Boris Lipnitzki :: Portrait d’une comédienne en costume orientalisant de Paul Poiret. La jeune femme représentée serait la cantatrice de Ninon Vallin à l’occasion d’une prestation en mai 1923 à l’Oasis, le théâtre du couturier. | Portrait of an actress in oriental costume by Paul Poiret. The young woman represented would be the singer of Ninon Vallin during a performance in May 1923 at the Oasis, the couturier’s theater. | src diktats
Boris Lipnitzki :: Comédienne en costume de scène, Paris, 1923.| src diktats

by Edward Thayer Monroe

Edward Thayer Monroe :: Irene Castle (?), a sensational dancer in the flapper era. | src behold.com
Edward Thayer Monroe :: Flapper era dancer and fashion icon Irene Castle (?). | src behold.com

Note: on source, this is allegedly a portrait or fashion shot of Irene Caste (b. Irene Foote); in other sources, this image is credited as Irene Vernon’s. We will welcome further information on this image or on this sitter. Thank you!

Marion Benda · L’Ardy, ca. 1925

Atelier d’Ora :: Ziegfeld girl Marion Benda, the last lover of Rudolph Valentino, ca. 1925. Ferrotyped gelatin silver print, printed from negative. d’Ora’s signature in the negative. The print is notable for its wonderful lighting, showing the texture of skin, cloth, and the sparkles on her wrist. | src Hans Frank Photo-Museum (behold.com)
Dora Kallmus – Arthur Benda :: Nu drapé à la barre (Mlle L’Ardy), ca. 1925-1935. | src Ader
Dora Kallmus – Arthur Benda :: Nu drapé à la barre (Mlle. L’Ardy), ca. 1925-1935. | src Ader