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

Lynn Fontanne, Strange Interlude

Edward J. Steichen :: British-born American-based actress Lynn Fontanne (born Lillie Louise Fontanne) as Nina Leeds, the desperate heroine of Eugene O'Neill’s controversial nine-act drama Strange Interlude, 1928. Gelatin silver print. | src Curiator
Edward J. Steichen :: British-born American-based actress Lynn Fontanne (born Lillie Louise Fontanne) as Nina Leeds, the desperate heroine of Eugene O'Neill’s controversial nine-act drama Strange Interlude, 1928. Gelatin silver print. | src Curiator
Edward J. Steichen :: British-born American-based actress Lynn Fontanne (born Lillie Louise Fontanne) as Nina Leeds, the desperate heroine of Eugene O’Neill’s controversial nine-act drama Strange Interlude, 1928. Gelatin silver print. | src Curiator

Nijinsky in ‘Le dieu bleu’, 1912

Vaslav Nijinsky dans Le Dieu bleu [photographie de Waléry (1866-1935)], 1912. | src BnF ~ National Library of France
Vaslav Nijinsky dans Le Dieu bleu [photographie de Waléry (1866-1935)], 1912. | src BnF ~ National Library of France
Vaslav Nijinsky dans Le Dieu bleu [photographie de Waléry (1866-1935)], 1912. | src BnF ~ National Library of France
Vaslav Nijinsky dans Le Dieu bleu [photographie de Waléry (1866-1935)], 1912. | src BnF ~ National Library of France

Le Dieu bleu :: Légende hindoue en 1 acte, chorégraphie de Michel Fokine. Paris : Théâtre du Châtelet, 13-05-1912. Photographe présumé: Waléry (1866-1935).

Karsavina in Scheherazade

Emil Otto Hoppé :: Tamara Karsavina as Zobeide in ‘Schéhérazade’, London, England, 1920 | src  e.o.hoppe/photoshelter/ballets.russes

Violet Morene and Yvonne Fitzroy

Violet Morene and Yvonne Fitzroy by Bassano Ltd., 5 August 1910. Whole-plate glass negative | src NPG
Violet Morene and Yvonne Fitzroy by Bassano Ltd., 5 August 1910. Whole-plate glass negative | src NPG

Lina Cavalieri vintage card

Léopold-Émile Reutlinger :: Italian Opera Singer Lina Cavalieri, aka Lina Prokofiev, 1900s. Reutlinger card nº 1188. | src retro-vintage-photography | originally posted on tumblr

Sisters G, Das Magazin, 1932

Melbourne Spurr :: Hungarian twins, Eleanor and Karla Gutöhrlein, known as Sisters G wearing matching oriental gowns. Das Magazin; Band 8, Heft 89, Januar 1932
Melbourne Spurr :: Hungarian twins, Eleanor and Karla Gutöhrlein, known as Sisters G wearing matching oriental gowns. Das Magazin; Band 8, Heft 89, Januar 1932
Melbourne Spurr :: Hungarian twins, Eleanor and Karla Gutöhrlein, known as Sisters G wearing matching oriental gowns. Das Magazin; Band 8, Heft 89, Januar 1932
Melbourne Spurr :: Sisters G…, die Stars der diesjährigen Ziegfeld-Revue. Das Magazin; Band 8, Heft 89, Januar 1932
Melbourne Spurr :: Sisters G…, die Stars der diesjährigen Ziegfeld-Revue. Das Magazin; Band 8, Heft 89, Januar 1932

La Lanterne japonaise, 1909

Paul Haviland (1880 – 1950) :: La Lanterne japonaise, 1909. Cyanotype à partir d’un négatif au gélatino-bromure d’argent. Musée d’Orsay
Paul Haviland (1880 – 1950) :: La Lanterne japonaise,1912. Héliogravure. Musée d’Orsay
Paul Haviland (1880 – 1950) :: La Lanterne japonaise, 1909. Épreuve au platine. Musée d’Orsay
Paul Haviland (1880 – 1950) :: La Lanterne japonaise,1909. Négatif verre. Musée d’Orsay
Paul Burty Haviland :: The Japanese Lantern. Published in Camera Work: A Photographic Quarterly, issue n. 39, 1912

Rose Dolores, 1921

Baron Adolf de Meyer :: Dolores or Rose Dolores (born Kathleen Mary Rose Wilkinson) with a crystal ball wearing a wedding dress, 1921. Shot for Vogue Magazine. | src Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco