Portraits of Frida with Globe

Frida Kahlo with Globe in Manuel Álvarez Bravo Studio, 1930 | src Phillips
Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902-2002) ~ Frida Kahlo, 1930-1939. Gelatin silver print | src Christie’s
Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902-2002) ~ Frida Kahlo con Globo, Coyoacán, México, 1938 | src mutualart
Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902-2002) ~ Frida Seated with Globe, Puente de Alvarado Studio, 1937 | src Throckmorton

Rose Rolanda selfportraits

Rosa Rolanda ~ Autorretrato, 1952, oil on canvas | src MAM · Museo de Arte Moderno de la Ciudad de México
Rosa Rolanda ~ Autorretrato, 1952, oil on canvas (details) | src MAM
Rosa Rolanda ~ Autorretrato, 1945. Gouache sobre papel | Museo Blaisten, Ciudad de México
Rosa Rolanda ~ Autorretrato, 1952, oil on canvas (detail) | src MAM

Fleischmann by Steffi Brandl

Steffi Brandl (1899–1966) ~ Trude Fleischmann, Austria, Vienna, ca. 1925 | src OstLicht Photo Auction

Rare portrait of the famous Viennese photographer, at whose studio Brandl worked. Fleischmann was what is now called a good networker and cultivated customer contacts like friendships with costume parties in her studio. The portrait most likely shows her dressed for such an occasion.

Steffi Brandl (1899–1966) ~ Trude Fleischmann, Austria, Vienna, ca. 1925 | src OstLicht Photo Auction

Seltenes Porträt der berühmten Wiener Fotografin, in deren Atelier Brandl arbeitete. Fleischmann war, wie man heute sagt, eine gute “Netzwerkerin”, die ihre Kundenkontakte und Freundschaften auch mit der Veranstaltung von Kostümfesten in ihrem Atelier pflegte. Es ist anzunehmen, dass sie dieses Porträt in einer Garderobe für einen solchen Anlass zeigt.

Barbara Hoyer by Artur Nikodem

Artur Nikodem (1870–1940) ~ Barbara (Hoyer) with an orange, Innsbruck, Austria, 1928 | src OstLicht Auktionen

Trained in Munich by Defregger and Kaulbach, the Innsbruck artist enjoyed international success as a landscape painter from 1920 until his career ended with the Nazi takeover. He did not use photography for templates, but as a medium in its own right and experimented in many photographic genres and pictorial languages in his mostly very small-format prints; yet his astonishing photographic oeuvre did not receive attention until the 1980s. This photo features the artist’s second wife Barbara Hoyer (1907–1970), who posed for many of his staged photographs.

Artur Nikodem (1870–1940) ~ Barbara with an orange, Innsbruck, Austria, 1928 | src OstLicht Auktionen

Portrait still-life by Imboden

Martin Imboden (1893–1935) ~ Stillleben, Wien, um 1930 | src Ostlicht Auktionen

The Swiss cabinetmaker and talented amateur photographer Martin Imboden received important impulses in 1929 when he visited the legendary ‘FIFO’, the international exhibition of the German Werkbund. He accentuated his pictorial language, which was oriented towards the New Objectivity, with tight cropping and strong contrasts. During his most productive years as a photographer he lived in Vienna, where his photographs appeared in magazines such as ‘Der Kuckuck’ and ‘Die Bühne’. Despite favorable reactions, he did not want to make photography his profession and concentrated on selected photo projects as an amateur.

Martin Imboden (1893–1935) ~ Still life, Vienna, ca. 1930. Vintage silver print | src Ostlicht Auktionen

Cat portraits by Edward Weston

Edward H. Weston ~ Johnny [tortoise-shell cat on driftwood, plywood backdrop], 1944 or 1945 | src Sotheby’s & CCP
Edward H. Weston ~ Franky [cat in basket, right paw dangling downward], 1945 | src CCP ~ Univ. of Arizona
Edward H. Weston ~ Franky (?) [tabby cat lying in basket], 1945 | src CCP ~ Univ. of Arizona
Edward H. Weston ~ Franky [tabby cat lying on rough dark surface] 1945 | src CCP ~ Univ. of Arizona
Edward H. Weston ~ Mary [kitten on clock], 1945 | src CCP ~ University of Arizona
Edward H. Weston ~ Marco Polo [cat on stool], 1944 | src CCP ~ Univ. of Arizona
Edward H. Weston ~ Jasmine and Marco Polo [two cats on driftwood], 1944 | src CCP ~ Univ. of Arizona
Edward H. Weston ~ Hank [tabby cat perched with front feet on edge of wheelbarrow, looking upward], 1945 | src CCP
Edward H. Weston ~ Jo-Jo and picture frame [cat in picture frame below large-leafed shrub, smaller foliage below], 1945 | src CCP

Pictorialist portrait by Weston

Edward H. Weston (1886 – 1958) ~ Untitled ca. 1917. Gelatin silver print | src SF MoMA
Edward H. Weston (1886 – 1958) ~ Untitled ca. 1917 (detail)