Rassegnazione

Medito la vendetta….

The Fondazione Alinari per la fotografia (Archivio Alinari) hosts four similar postcards, the captions are as follows:

Tradimento fu il suo (AVQ-A-000047-0123)
Medito la vendetta (AVQ-A-000047-0122)
Abbandonata al mondo seduttore (AVQ-A-000047-0119)
l’orgoglio del mio onore vincerà (AVQ-A-000047-0118)

La Cigale or Odalesque?

**Emma Justine Farnsworth** :: La Cigale, 1899; photogravure in blue mounted on light gray wove paper.
From : American Pictorial Photography, Series I | src National Gallery of Art

Controversial: is this image Berg’s or Farnsworth’s?

**Charles I. Berg** (American, 1856-1926) :: Odalisque, circa 1897. Photogravure. Camera Notes Vol. 3 No. 3. | The Art of Photogravure

**Charles I. Berg** (American, 1856–1926) :: Odalesque (sic), No. 17 from the portfolio “American Pictorial Photography, Series I” (1899); edition 146/150 | AIC · Art Institute Chicago

This has not been an involuntary mistake, the images had been credited as there were in their respective sources. But there is further to be noticed, as you can see, the image below look more like one of Farnsworth in style and motive.

(***) credits on source is as follows :

Charles I. Berg : Odalesque, 1899
series Title : American Pictorial Photography, Series I
Medium : photogravure in red mounted on green wove paper

Index : American Pictorial Photography, Series I (1899) Published for ‘Camera Notes’ by the Publication Committee of the Camera Club (New York)

Plate 16 : La Cigale …………….. by Emma J. Farnsworth

Plate 17 : Odalesque ………….. by Charles I. Berg

Bearing in mind the photographers’ styles and motives it is highly probable that the plates had been miscredited at the National Gallery of Art. We reckon the last but one image in this post is plate number 16 (La Cigale / Farnsworth); and the other images correspond to plate number 17 : ‘Odalesque’ by Charles Berg.

Anyway, we are not certain about it, but hope that you have enjoyed the images.

Frau von Heute · Fleischmann

**Trude Fleischmann** (1895–1990) ~ Marianne Rosenberg, Vienna, 1931 | Ostlicht Spring 2023 Photo Auction

**Trude Fleischmann** (1895–1990) ~ Marianne Rosenberg, Vienna, 1931 | Detail

Photographer’s stamp with address at “Wien I. Ebendorferstraße 3”, her copyright stamp and her re-order stamp with handwritten negative no. “1039/a” in ink, “Wiener Foto-Kurier” agency stamp, several numbers and handwritten annotated “Frl. Marianne Rosenberg” in pencil on the reverse. LITERATURE “Die junge Frau von Heute”, in: Die Bühne, no. 299, March 1931, Vienna, p. 5 (titled “Fräulein Maria Rosenberg”); Frauke Kreutler, Anton Holzer (eds.), Trude Fleischmann. Der selbstbewusste Blick, cat. Wien Museum, Vienna 2013, p. 127 (ill. from “Die Bühne”).

«Die junge Frau von Heute». Fräulein Maria Rosenberg. Die Bühne, no. 299, March 1931, p. 5

«Die junge Frau von Heute» Die Bühne, no. 299, March 1931, p. 6

«Die junge Frau von Heute» Die Bühne, no. 299, March 1931, p. 7

Elisabeth Martin, die Gattin des Direktors der Berliner Volksbühne Karl Heinz Martin. Die Bühne, 299, März 1931

Hanne Wassermann, die bekannte Wiener Gymnastiklehrerin. Die Bühne, 299, März 1931

Dana Steichen colour portraits

Edward Steichen ~ [Dana Steichen draped in shawl], ca. 1920. Cyanotype and palladium print. | src George Eastman museum — **Edward Steichen ~** [Dana Steichen draped in shawl], ca. 1920. Cyanotype and palladium print. | src George Eastman museum

**Edward Steichen ~** Dana Steichen Holding a Sunflower, ca. 1924. Cyanotype and palladium print. | src George Eastman Museum

**Edward Steichen ~** [Dana Steichen draped in shawl], ca. 1920. Cyanotype and experimental process. | src George Eastman Museum

Dana Steichen by Steichen

**Edward Steichen ~** Dana [Desboro Glover] Steichen holding an Apple ca. 1923. Dye imbibition print. | George Eastman Museum

After a quiet romance, Steichen married the actress Dana Desboro Glover in March 1923 in Blairstown, New Jersey, where Dana’s family owned a farm. From 1928 on they lived together on a large farm in West Redding, Connecticut where Steichen continued his extensive work in plant genetics, breeding award-winning delphiniums and other flowers. A strikingly modern glass home they built there continues to garner praise for its extraordinary siting and craftsmanship. Up until 1927, they also spent a part of each summer at Steichen’s home in Voulangis. Dana Steichen died in 1957 after thirty-four years of marriage. (quoted from E.S. Estate)

Edward Steichen
American, b. Luxembourg, 1879–1973
[Dana Steichen with apple]
ca. 1920
Cyanotype and palladium print — **Edward Steichen** (American, b. Luxembourg, 1879–1973)
**Edward Steichen** ~ [Dana Steichen with apple], ca. 1920. Cyanotype and palladium print. | George Eastman Museum

Toodles by Alvin L. Coburn

**Alvin L. Coburn** (1882–1966) :: ‘Toodles (Elsie Thomas)’, ca. 1908. Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1980s | Ostlicht Auktion 2023

Coburn was given his first camera at the age of eight and was introduced to photography by his cousin Fred Holland Day. As early as 1902 he became a member of the New York Photo-Secession initiated by Alfred Stieglitz, and two years later his first pictures appeared in Stieglitz’s magazine “Camera Work”. A vintage print of this beautiful motif is hold at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), there titled and dated. Coburn also made autochromes of the same model, showing the red colour of her kimono.

**Alvin Langdon Coburn** (1882–1966) :: ‘Toodles (Elsie Thomas)’, ca. 1908 | Ostlicht Auktion 2023

**Alvin Langdon Coburn ::** Elsie Thomas in an Eastern costume sitting on a hammock, ca.1908. Autochrome

**Alvin Langdon Coburn ::** Elsie Thomas in a red an Eastern costume with sunflower, ca.1908. Autochrome Lumière

**Alvin Langdon Coburn ::** Elsie Thomas (‘Toodles’) in an Eastern costume, ca.1908

**Alvin Langdon Coburn ::** Elsie Thomas wearing an Eastern costume, ca.1908

Theda Bara · A Fool There Was

Theda Bara (The Vampire) in her first starring role in A Fool There Was (1915). Private collection. | src Wikimedia Commons

Musidora par Arnal ca. 1920

Tirage argentique d’époque représentant Jeanne Roques, dite Musidora, dédicacé à l’encre « Pour la belle Madame Duclos. Hommage admiratif de Musidora ». Signature du photographe Arnal en bas à droite. Circa 1920 | src AuctionArt

Autochromes chez Mme Stern

Portrait de dame. Collection Madame (Ernesta) Stern, Paris, 1907, plaque de verre Autochrome. Collection Madame Stern / Maria Star. eBay

Portrait de dame. Probably Madame (Ernesta) Stern herself, Paris, 1907. Autochrome. Collection Madame Stern / Maria Star. eBay

Portrait de dame. Maybe Madame (Ernesta) Stern, Paris, 1907. Autochrome. Collection Madame Stern / Maria Star. eBay

According to the seller, Gabriele Bacchiega (eBay profile photo-stereo) all these Autochromes are somehow related to the writer and socialite Ernesta Stern (born Maria Ernesta Hierschel de Minerbi, pen-name Maria Star) (1854 – 1926) or the Salon she held in Paris at 68 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré. Read more about her here