The Sphinx (# 2); ca. 1902. Tonnelé & Co.; NY. | src Library of Congress | Glamour Photographs 1900-1910The Sphinx (# 2); ca. 1902. Tonnelé & Co.; NY. | src Library of Congress [detail]
Charles Schenk (American, active New York 1898-1905) ~ Schenk-Draperies, New York, United States; 1902; Collotype. | Getty MuseumCharles Schenk :: Dance studies, plate 12, circa 1910. Gelatin silver print from collotype negative. | src Freeman’s auction
Charles Schenk was active in New York from 1898 to 1905. He produced a series of motion studies of women dancing with drapery as well as a collection of multi-plate prints detailing women’s hands at work. His works are in the collections of the Getty Museum, MoMA and the Rijksmuseum.
Charles Schenk (American, active New York 1898-1905) ~ Schenk-Draperies, New York, United States; 1902; Collotype. Eight images of a woman dancing in a simple dress with a rope belt. Full plate. | Getty MuseumCharles Schenk (American, active New York 1898-1905) ~ Schenk-Draperies, New York, United States; 1902; Collotype. Charles Schenk (American, active New York 1898-1905) ~ Schenk-Draperies, New York, United States; 1902; Collotype. | Getty Museum