Tag: 1920s

A dramatic view of the film’s female leads, Florence Eldridge and
Jean Arthur, huddled together as a mysterious shadow holding a gun aims
right for them. A vintage and original Paramount Pictures publicity
photograph promoting the early sound film ‘The Greene Murder Case’
(1929). Handwritten notations and Springer/Bettmann Film Archive ink stamp on verso.

/ src: eBay

Portraits of Mayakovsky

Abram Shterenberg (1894-1979) ~ Portrait of Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924. Vintage gelatin silver print. | src Nailya Alexander Gallery

Abram Shterenberg probably was the first photographer who took portraits of Mayakovsky (ca. 1923). Rodchenko used his portraits for the photomontages for “Pro Eto” (About This), the love poem Mayakovsky wrote for his muse Lili Brik.

Alexander Rodchenko ~ The Poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924
Alexander Rodchenko ~ The Poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924. Museum Series, Portfolio n.1: Classic Images, 1924-1936 | Christie’s
Alexander Rodchenko ~ The Poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924. Museum Series, Portfolio n.1 Classic Images, 1924-1936 | Christie’s
Alexander Rodchenko, also Aleksandr Rodchenko ~ Portrait of Mayakovsky, 1924 | src Nayla Alexander Gallery
Alexander Rodchenko ~ Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924. Museum Series, Portfolio n. 2: Portraits, 1924 – 1937 | src Sotheby’s

Nancy Cunard & surrealist friends

Man Ray ~ Nancy Cunard and Tristan Tzara at the costume ball of count de Beaumont, 1924 | src flickr
Man Ray ~ Nancy Cunard and Tristan Tzara at the costume ball of count de Beaumont, 1924
Curtis Moffat (1887-1949) ~ Nancy Cunard and Louis Aragon, 1926 | src lefigaro