Watkins by Frances Bode

Margaret Watkins photographed by Frances M. Bode, 1921 | src Photo España
Margaret Watkins by Frances Bode, Clarence H. White School of Photography, 1921 | src The Guardian

This portrait by Frances Bode was probably taken in the summer of 1921 when Watkins was a teacher at the Clarence H. White School of Photography in New York. It is one of the few portraits of Margaret Watkins

Portrait · Verna Skelton · 1923

Margaret Watkins ~ Portrait Study (Verna Skelton), 1923. Joseph Mulholland Collection (Glasgow) | src The Guardian

This portrait of Verna Skelton is emblematic of Watkins’ portraits. We see the immediate reference to the Dutch painters, and her extraordinary ability to illuminate her subjects.

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Margaret Watkins ~ Portrait Study (Verna Skelton), 1923 | src ODLP ~ l’œil de la photographie

Untitled (figure on path), 1906

George H. Seeley :: Untitled (robed figure on path), 1906. Photogravure. From Camera Work, July 1906. | src MOPA ~ Museum of Photographic Art (Chicago)

Margaret Watkins · Bridge · 1919

Margaret Watkins :: Bridge, Canaan, Connecticut, 1919. © Margaret Watkins. Joseph Mulholland Collection, Glasgow | src The Guardian

This image, very graphic in its composition, shows the influence of Arthur Wesley Dow, a specialist in Japanese art and in particular in the art of Nōtan [濃淡], the harmony and interplay between light and dark elements (B&W)

Nu féminin assis de dos, 1929

Laure Albin-Guillot :: Nu féminin assis de dos. Photographie originale, [1929]. | src Aguttes

Nu féminin de dos, ca. 1935

Laure Albin-Guillot :: Nu féminin de dos. Photographie originale, circa 1935. | src Aguttes

Etudes de nu, vers 1930-1940

Laure Albin Guillot ~ Étude de nu pour ‘La Cantate du Narcisse’ | src RMN
Laure Albin-Guillot ~ Étude de nu. Paris, vers 1930-1940 © Laure Albin Guillot | src aware & le monde