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Psychiatrie-Patientin, 1890

Eine junge Psychiatrie-Patientin in einem ekstatischen Zustand, aufgenommen am 2. Januar 1890 in einer französischen Klinik. | Young woman in an ecstatic condition, France, ca. 1890. Image © adoc-photos Corbis via Spiegel
Eine junge Psychiatrie-Patientin in einem ekstatischen Zustand, aufgenommen am 2. Januar 1890 in einer französischen Klinik. | Young woman in an ecstatic condition, France, ca. 1890. Image © adoc-photos Corbis via Spiegel
Eine junge Psychiatrie-Patientin in einem ekstatischen Zustand, aufgenommen am 2. Januar 1890 in einer französischen Klinik. | Young woman in an ecstatic condition, France, ca. 1890. Image © adoc-photos Corbis via Spiegel Geschichte
Young woman in an ecstatic condition (France); ca. 1890. Image © adoc-photos Corbis via Getty Images
Young woman in an ecstatic condition (France); ca. 1890. Image © adoc-photos Corbis via Getty Images
A young psychiatric patient in an ecstatic state, photographed on January 2, 1890 in a French clinic. | Spiegel Geschichte
A young psychiatric patient in an ecstatic state, photographed on January 2, 1890 in a French clinic. | Spiegel Geschichte

Hypnotized: Some psychologists diagnosed at the end of the 19th century that specially women were at particular risk of infection from the “Wagner virus” because of their weaker nerves. His music can trigger hysteria or “inappropriate sexual arousal”. Quoted from article

Ballet dancer Serge Oukrainsky

James Wallace Pondelicek :: "Serge Oukrainsky in Algerian Dance (Grieg). The only barefoot toe dancer and greatest Oriental dancer of the Chicago Opera and head of the Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet" (title devised from caption on photograph's verso). | Worthpoint
James Wallace Pondelicek :: "Serge Oukrainsky in Algerian Dance (Grieg). The only barefoot toe dancer and greatest Oriental dancer of the Chicago Opera and head of the Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet" (title devised from caption on photograph's verso). | Worthpoint
James Wallace Pondelicek :: “Serge Oukrainsky in Algerian Dance (Grieg). The only barefoot toe dancer and greatest Oriental dancer of the Chicago Opera and head of the Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet” (title devised from caption on photograph’s verso). | Worthpoint

Susanne Dombois, 1922

Martin Herzfeld :: Susanne Dombois Solotänzerin. Original alte Foto-Postkarte um 1922 mit handgeschriebenem Text und Autogramm. | src Versandantiquariat Jörg Korczynsky on eBay

Fieret’s studies of women

Gerard Fieret :: Nude torso [Naakt torso], The Hague, ca. 1965. | src Rijksmuseum
Gerard Fieret :: Sitting nude with headband and high heels, seen from behind. Two copyright stamps and a signature are part of the image. The photo is pasted in passe-partout [Naakt zittend met haarband en pumps, op de rug gezien. Twee copyright stempels en een groot signatuur maken deel uit van het beeld. De foto is in passe-partout geplakt.], 1960 – 1980. | src Rijksmuseum
Gerard Fieret :: Studies of Women [Studies van vrouwen], The Hague, ca. 1965. | src Rijksmuseum
Gerard Fieret was an eccentric poet, painter and photographer who lived in The Hague. Between 1965 and 1975 he took hundreds of photos, mainly studies of women. Later, Fieret wandered the streets, fed the pigeons each day and kept his work in the freezer. His prints are creased and the edges frayed, with the occasional trace of pigeon droppings. On each photo, he signed his name in felt-tip pen and also furnished them with copyright stamps.

Gleichgewichts, 1930

Gleichgewichts. «Spielerische Gymnastik». Photographische Aufnahmen von Friedrich Seidenstücker.
Balance. Exercise on the knees. «Playful gymnastics». Photographs by Friedrich Seidenstücker
Scherl’s Magazin, Heft 5, Mai 1930. | src arthistoricum ~ Universität Erfurt