The Silver Mask, 1929

Gordon Coster :: The Silver Mask, 1929 src liveauctioneers
Gordon Coster :: The Silver Mask, 1929. Bromide print. | src liveauctioneers

Bromide print mounted on artist’s paper. Signed and titled in pencil on mount recto. Nine exhibition labels and two exhibition stamps on verso. The subject is wearing a half mask, a headdress (probably made of velvet) adorned in the middle with a flower-shaped ornament and a huge fluffy collar. He/she wears heavy lipstick and a drawn mole. This is a striking enigmatic picture. It is not clear whether this is a man or a woman.

Ira von Moers, ca. 1929

Madame d’Ora :: Ira von Moers trägt einen Filzhelm in zwei Grüntönenund ein dazu passendes Halsband in Filzund grüngold von Le Monnier, um 1929. | Ira von Moers wears a felt cap in two shades of green and a matching collar in felt and green gold from Le Monnier, around 1929. | src Getty Images