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

Dream 31 ~ Silvia Coppola

Grete Stern :: Sueño No. 31: Made in England, 1949-1950. “From Bauhaus to Buenos Aires: Grete Stern and Horacio Coppola” exhibition at MoMA
Grete Stern :: Silvia Coppola, 1946. Courtesy Museum Folkwang and l’oeil de la photographie
Grete Stern :: Dream No. 31: Made in England, 1950. “From Bauhaus to Buenos Aires: Grete Stern and Horacio Coppola” exhibition at MoMA

Jean Cocteau, 1939

Laure Albin Guillot :: Portrait of French writer Jean Cocteau, 1939. | src Maison Nationale des Artistes
Laure Albin Guillot :: Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), écrivain, auteur dramatique et cineaste français, 1939. Collections Roger-Viollet. | src l’œil de la photographie

Cyclamen (Mrs. Philip Lydig), 1913

Edward J. Steichen :: Cyclamen (Mrs. Philip Lydig). Camera Work (nº 42-43), 1913.
Edward J. Steichen :: Cyclamen, Mrs Philip Lydig. Published in Camera Work, 1913. Photogravure on Japanese paper.| src Ryerson Image Centre

Jetta Goudal in Open All Night

French actress Jetta Goudal (1898-1985) plays the unhappy wife of Adolphe Menjou in the silent comedy 'Open All Night' (aka 'One Parisian Night), directed by Paul Bern for Paramount (1924). Jetta is wearing a particularly revealing dress which exposes her cleavage down to her navel. | src Getty Images
French actress Jetta Goudal (1898-1985) plays the unhappy wife of Adolphe Menjou in the silent comedy ‘Open All Night’ (aka ‘One Parisian Night), directed by Paul Bern for Paramount (1924). Jetta is wearing a particularly revealing dress which exposes her cleavage down to her navel. | src Getty Images

Portraits by Paul Haviland 1900s

Paul Haviland :: Isabelle d’Armont, 1909, platinum print. | src 19th Century American Photographs at Lee Gallery
Paul Haviland :: Isabelle d’Armont, 1909, platinum print. | src 19th Century American Photographs at Lee Gallery
Paul Haviland (1880-1950) :: Femme en costume de danseuse, entre 1898 et 1916, épreuve au platine. Musée d’Orsay

Siri Sherki by Atelier von Behr

Portrait of Balinese dancer Siri Sherki by von Behr, 1930s
Atelier Von Behr :: Siri Sherki. Oriental Dancer, 1930s. Chlorobromide print. © Victoria & Albert Museum. The Royal Photographic Society. | src Getty Images
Atelier von Behr :: Siri Sherki. Oriental dancer, 1930s. Chlorobromide print. © Victoria & Albert Museum. The Royal Photographic Society. | src Getty Images

Atelier von Behr had a studio in New York at 20 West 8th Street and specialised in portraiture but little else is known about the company. (Getty Images)

Ruth St Denis by White studio

White Studio ~ Ruth St. Denis in costume (profile, bust), 1917 | src Alamy
White Studio ~ Ruth St. Denis in costume (three quarter length portrait), 1917 | src Alamy
White Studio ~ Ruth St. Denis in costume (full length portrait), 1917 | src Alamy

Růžena Nasková by Drtikol

František Drtikol :: Portrait of Czech film actress Růžena Nasková / Naskova Ruzena (1884-1960), undated, probably late 1910s | src Piasa auction Dec. 2016 lot 6
František Drtikol :: Portrait of Czech film actress Růžena Nasková, undated, probably late 1910s [Detail]

Ruth St Denis in profile

Siri Fischer-Schneevoigt :: Portrait in profile of dancer Ruth St. Denis, Berlin, 1906 | src NYPL
Portrait of Ruth St. Denis in wig and East Indian jewelry, 1906 (unspecified photographer) | src NYPL