Category: role portrait, Rollenporträt, characterization

Ruth Page by G.M. Kesslere

George Maillard Kesslère ~ Ruth Page in an Oriental dance number in the Music Box Revue, 1922 (original size)
George Maillard Kesslère ~ Ruth Page in an Oriental dance number in the Music Box Revue, 1922 | src flickr

Nijinska · Goncharova · 1924

Bronislava Nijinska, Natalia Goncharova and unidentified dancers in ‘Night on the Bare Mountain’, 1924. Claude Harris blindstamp on lower left
 Bronislava Nijinska Collection and Ballets Russes De Serge Diaghilev (Library of Congress)

Dancer Sahary Djèli, 1920

Clarence Hudson White :: Hungarian performer and belly dancer Sahary Djèli, 1920 | src Zvab
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Remedios Varo and the mask

Kati Horna (1912-2000) ~ Remedios Varo with a mask by Leonora Carrington, Mexico, 1957 | src NYBooks
Kati Horna ~ Portrait of Remedios Varo [wearing a mask by Leonora Carrington], 1957 | src Princeton University Art Museum
Kati Horna ~ Remedios Varo y la máscara, 1956. Varo, posing with a mask made by Leonora Carrington | src Morton Subastas
Kati Horna ~ Surreal portrait of Remedios Varo [wearing a mask by Leonora Carrington], 1957 | src Princeton University Art Museum

Jenny Hasselqvist, 1918

Henry B. Goodwin :: Dancer and actress Jenny Hasselqvist (Jenny Hasselquist), 1918. | src Moderna Museet
Henry B. Goodwin :: Dansös och skådespelerska Jenny Hasselqvist (Jenny Hasselquist), 1918. | src Moderna Museet

Sarah Bernhardt as Cleopatra, 1891

Napoleon Sarony :: French actress Sarah Bernhardt as Cleopatra, New York, 1891. Cabinet card. | src Harvard Library
Napoleon Sarony :: French actress Sarah Bernhardt as Cleopatra, New York, 1891. Cabinet card. | src Harvard Library

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