Judy Dater :: Maureen with fan, 1972 | src Artnet
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Lester Horton in his 1929 work Pueblo Eagle Dance Nº 5 / src: NYC Dance Stuff
Lo Hesse in ‘Licht und Schatten’ , 1921
Leonor Fini in owl mask, ca. 1949
Fini’s owl mask originates with the New Year’s Eve party called the Bal des Oiseaux given at the Palais Rose on the avenue Foch, Paris, by Vicomte Charles Benoist d’Azy at the end of 1948. Webb writes, “she wore an owl mask of white feathers with headdress and gown of black-and-green-striped feathers. A series of dramatic photographs of her in this costume, as well as in the costumes for other balls of 1947 and 1948, were taken by Andre Ostier and widely published in newspapers and magazines, and Pauline Reage used the same mask in the final scene of her erotic novel Histoire d’O (Story of O), which was later illustrated by Leonor.”
Quotation from Peter Webb’s biography: Sphinx – The Life and Art of Leonor Fini
Retrieved from Story of O
Cutting from a scrapbook created by Gilbert Barker: photograph of
Tamara Karsavina in the title role of Fokine’s The Firebird [L’Oiseau de
feu], 1910.
Karsavina’s costume was designed by Léon Bakst; it presented her in a
tall plumed headdress adorned with long plaits, wearing ‘harem-style’
trousers. Photo: Bertram Park / src: Royal Ballet School
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Ernst Schneider :: Burlesque dancer Betty Delaune in an ostrich feather costume in the Eric
Charell revue ‘Für Dich’ in the Grosses Schauspielhaus, Berlin, 1925 –
Published by: ‘Uhu’ 26/02/1925 / src: Getty Images
Elliott Erwitt :: Top Row of Syria Mosque* during a Concert, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1950 / via
(*)
In spite of its name, the Syria Mosque was not, in fact, a mosque. It was a Shriners temple and concert venue. It was a historical landmark, but nonetheless was demolished in 1991.
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