Lo Hesse by Hanns Holdt

Hanns Holdt :: German dancer Lo Hesse. German postcard by Verlag Hans Dursthoff, Berlin, nº 1151. Collection Didier Hanson.

«Lo Hesse was active in Munich and Berlin between 1916 and 1920. Her dances relied heavily on extravagantly exotic costumes designed mostly by the German expressionist artist Walter Schnackenberg.»

Walter Schnackenberg :: Ballet und Pantomime 'Maskerade' (Lo Hesse), plate # 9, ca. 1920. | src 1st dibs
Walter Schnackenberg :: Ballet und Pantomime ‘Maskerade’ (Lo Hesse), plate # 9, ca. 1920. | src 1st dibs

Cavorting by the Pool, 1916

lady cavendish / ottoline morrell / cavorting / garsington / 1916
Lady Ottoline Morrell / Lady Cavendish :: Cavorting by the Pool at Garsington, ca. 1916. Gelatin silver print. | src The Met # 283250
Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Cavendish-Bentinck Morrell :: Cavorting by the Pool at Garsington, ca. 1916. Gelatin silver print. | src The Met # 291058