Category: role portrait, Rollenporträt, characterization

Anna Robenne as Pierrot

Nickolas Muray :: Pierrot. Anna Robenne. Titled: Pierrot, stamped and titled by photographer on verso: “Anna Robenne as Pierrot by Michel Fokine at John Golden Theatre, Sunday eve April 28”. | src liveauctioneers

The Brigand, ca. 1921

Nickolas Muray :: The Brigand, ca. 1921. Bromide print of a man [Hubert Julian Stowitts] in profile, creeping along a wall. He has a turban on his head and a sheath in his hand, he is poised on his toes. Verso: “Title: The Brigand by Nickolas Muray. 124 Macdougal Street New York.” and “London Salon, 1921.” | src NMAH ~ Smithosonian Institution

Maria Warhuus as Lotus, 1920

Frieda G. Riess :: Ballet dancer Maria Warhuus as Lotus, 1920 (full length portrait). Photographer: Atelier Frieda G. Riess (Photo by Frieda Riess). | src Getty Images

Grit Hegesa by Riess ca. 1920

Frieda Gertrud Rieß ~ Grit Hegesa in the role of Harlequin, late 1910s | src getty images
Grit Hegesa. German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 363/1, 1919-1924. Photo: Frieda Riess | src flickr
Frieda Gertrud Riess ~ Die Tänzerin Grit Hegesa, um 1920. | src Die Riess exhibit at Das Verborgene Museum
Grit Hegesa. German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 363/1, ca. 1920. Photo: Frieda Riess | src alamy
Frieda Gertrud Riess :: Die Tänzerin Grit Hegesa, um 1920. | src Die Riess exhibit at Das Verborgene Museum
Frieda Gertrud Riess ~ Die Tänzerin Grit Hegesa, um 1920. | src Die Riess exhibit at Das Verborgene Museum

Lore Sello as ‘Game clock’, 1923

Frieda G. Riess :: Portrait of the dancer Lore Sello in the role of a ‘Game clock’ in the cabaret ‘Die Gondel’, 1923. | src Getty Images

Grieving women (Orpheus)

Sörjande kvinnor, Orfeus akt 1, foto ur Anna Behles samling, foto: okänd. | Grieving women, Orpheus act 1, photo from Anna Behle's collection, photographer unknown. | src Dansmuseet on IG
Sörjande kvinnor, Orfeus akt 1, foto ur Anna Behles samling, foto: okänd. | Grieving women, Orpheus act 1, photo from Anna Behle’s collection, photographer unknown. | src Dansmuseet on IG
Sörjande kvinnor, Orfeus akt 1, foto ur Anna Behles samling, foto: okänd. | Grieving women, Orpheus act 1, photo from Anna Behle's collection, photographer unknown. | src Dasmuseet on IG
Sörjande kvinnor, Orfeus akt 1, foto ur Anna Behles samling, foto: okänd. | Grieving women, Orpheus act 1, photo from Anna Behle’s collection, photographer unknown. | src Dasmuseet on IG