Heinz von Perckhammer :: “Edle Nacktheit in China”, Macao, ca. 1920; photogravure on Japan paper | src Collezione MolinarioHeinz von Perckhammer :: The Culture of the Nude in China. Berlin; Eigenbrodler Verlag, [1928] | src heritage auctionsHeinz von Perckhammer ~ From “Edle Nacktheit in China”. Eigenbrödler Verlag [Berlin, 1928] 1st edition (cover) | src swordersHeinz von Perckhammer ~ From “Edle Nacktheit in China /The culture of the Nude in China”. Eigenbrodler Verlag [Berlin, 1928] Heinz von Perckhammer :: “The culture of the Nude in China”, Macao, ca. 1920; original photogravure on Japan paper | src Collezione Molinario
Heinz von Perckhammer was born in Merano, Austria-Hungary (now Italy) in 1895. During the First World War he served aboard the SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth during the Siege of Tsingtao and between 1917 and 1919 was held as a prisoner of war. It was during this time when he was held captive that his interest in photography began. He apparently remained in China for much of the 1920s, and took these soft-focused and stylized photographs of women from Macao brothels.
In the introduction to Edle Nacktheit in China he writes: ‘Pictures of nude women, setting aside the ugly caricatures of the “Spring pictures” of erotic scenes, simply do not exist in China. Therefore I believe, I have created something entirely new and of value.’ Edle Nacktheit in China was later banned by the Nazis as degenerate art (Entartete Kunst) and appeared on the Liste des schädlichen und unerwünschten Schrifttums [List of harmful and undesirable writing].
Heinz von Perckhammer ~ Nude from “Edle Nacktheit in China”. Eigenbrödler Verlag [Berlin, 1928] Heliogravür | src Koller AuktionenHeinz von Perckhammer ~ Young nude girl. Rotogravure. From “Edle Nacktheit in China”, Berlin, 1928 | src DrouotHeinz von Perckhammer ~ From “Edle Nacktheit in China”. Eigenbrödler Verlag [Berlin, 1928] 1st edition | src swordersHeinz von Perckhammer ~ From “Edle Nacktheit in China”. Eigenbrödler Verlag [Berlin, 1928] 1st edition | src swordersEdle Nacktheit in China (1928); book with 32 original photographs by Heinz v. Perckhammer | src Abebooks
Alexander D. Grinberg :: Nude, 1920s. Gelatin silver print. Annotated and inscribed by the family of the photographer. Collection of Borodulin. | src Hermitage Fine ArtAlexander D. Grinberg :: Nude, 1920s. Gelatin silver print. Annotated and inscribed by the family of the photographer. Collection of Borodulin. | src Hermitage Fine Art
12 Akt-Entwürfe aus der Tanzkunst von Lotte Neelsen. Verlag: Waldemar Heldt, Hamburg, n.d. [1924]. The twelve photographs were taken in the studio of W. Paulsen in Hamburg. Neelsen’s images presents the dancer in a studio setting against the prevailing tendency at the time in Germany to see naked dancing as an open air activity. | src Voewood Rare BooksVerkündung. 12 Akt-Entwürfe aus der Tanzkunst von Lotte Neelsen. Verlag: Waldemar Heldt, Hamburg, n.d. [1924]. | src Voewood Rare BooksStudie. 12 Akt-Entwürfe aus der Tanzkunst von Lotte Neelsen. Verlag: Waldemar Heldt, Hamburg, n.d. [1924]. | src Voewood Rare BooksSonnensfrahlen. 12 Akt-Entwürfe aus der Tanzkunst von Lotte Neelsen. Verlag: Waldemar Heldt, Hamburg, n.d. [1924]. | src Voewood Rare Books
Lotte Neelsen. 12 Akt-Entwürfe aus der Tanzkunst von Lotte Neelsen. Hergestellt in echtem Kupfertiefdruck. Verlag: Woldemar Heldt, Hamburg, 1924. | 12 nude designs from Lotte Neelsen’s The Art of Dance. Manufactured in genuine intaglio printing. Published by Woldemar Heldt, Hamburg, 1924. Photos by W. Paulsen (Hamburg). | src eBayAbend. From: 12 Akt-Entwürfe aus der Tanzkunst von Lotte Neelsen. Hergestellt in echtem Kupfertiefdruck. Verlag: Woldemar Heldt, Hamburg, 1924. | src eBayFlöfenspielerin (Flute player). From: 12 nude designs from Lotte Neelsen’s The Art of Dance. Manufactured in genuine intaglio printing. Published by Woldemar Heldt, Hamburg, 1924. | src eBayMazurka. From: 12 Akt-Entwürfe aus der Tanzkunst von Lotte Neelsen. Hergestellt in echtem Kupfertiefdruck. Verlag: Woldemar Heldt, Hamburg, 1924. | src eBayMärchen (Fairy Tale). From: 12 nude designs from Lotte Neelsen’s The Art of Dance. Manufactured in genuine intaglio printing. Published by Woldemar Heldt, Hamburg, 1924. | src eBayVerkündung, from: 12 nude designs from Lotte Neelsen’s The Art of Dance. Manufactured in genuine intaglio printing. Published by Woldemar Heldt, Hamburg, 1924. | src Zvab
Fabel. From: 12 Akt-Entwürfe aus der Tanzkunst von Lotte Neelsen. Hergestellt in echtem Kupfertiefdruck. Verlag: Woldemar Heldt, Hamburg, 1924. | src Zvab
J.E. Johnson :: ‘The Gem’. Nº 3 of a series, ca. 1910s. Photographic print, printed on a thick, textured wove paper. The model turned facing the camera, a well placed fern in a jardinière at her feet, a twilight landscape behind her. Titled and signed on the verso of the matting: J.E. Johnson, of Hillsboro, Oregon. | src EB.TH
Charles J. Cook :: Pictorialist photograph of nude woman in a forest interior. Silver print, ca. 1910. Charles J. Cook was a painter and photographer who specialized in nudes. He exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago’s annual exhibitions. | src 1st Dibs
John Everard :: Vintage female nude lying on the sand, ca. 1930s. Photogravure. | src vintageads on eBayJohn Everard :: Nude torso [lying on the sand], ca. 1930s. Photogravure. | src vintageads on eBayJohn Everard :: Nude Torso, ca. 1930s. Photogravure. | src vintageads on eBay
John Everard :: Female Nude outdoors, standing on beach, ca. 1940s. | src vintageads on eBayJohn Everard :: Female Nude outdoors at the beach, ca. 1940s. | src vintageads on eBayJohn Everard :: Female Nude outdoors, standing on rocks, ca. 1940s. | src eBayJohn Everard :: Female Nude (half nude, close up) outdoors, ca. 1940s. | src eBay
John Everard :: Female nude (half-nude) outdoors leaning on stone wall, ca. 1930s. Photogravure. | src eBayJohn Everard :: Female nude (half-nude) outdoors under vine, ca. 1940s. Photogravure. | src vintageads on eBayJohn Everard :: Female nude (half-nude) outdoors with tall grass, ca. 1940s. Photogravure. | src vintageads on eBay
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