Margo Lion, cabaret artist, 1923

Frieda Riess :: Portrait of cabaret artist Margo Lion singing the couplet ‘Die Linie der Mode’ in the Wilde Bühne in Berlin, 1924. Music by Mischa Spoliansky, Text: Marcellus Schiffer | src Getty Images
Frieda Riess :: Portrait of cabaret artist Margo Lion singing the couplet ‘Die Linie der Mode’ in the Wilde Bühne in Berlin, 1924. Music by Mischa Spoliansky, Text: Marcellus Schiffer | src Getty Images
Frieda Rieß:: Margo Lion singing the couplet ‘Die Linie der Mode’ in the Wilde Bühne, Berlin, 1924. Music by Mischa Spoliansky, Text: Marcellus Schiffer | src Marcellus Schiffer und Margo Lion Archiv at Akademie der Künst, Berlin
Frieda Rieß:: Margo Lion singing the couplet ‘Die Linie der Mode’ in the Wilde Bühne, Berlin, 1924. Music by Mischa Spoliansky, Text: Marcellus Schiffer | src Marcellus Schiffer und Margo Lion Archiv at Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Atelier Eberth :: Margo Lion, cabaret artist and actress (1899-1989). Portrait singing the couplet 'Die Linie der Mode' in the Wilde Bühne in Berlin. Published in Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung BIZ 44/1923. | src Getty Images
Atelier Eberth :: Margo Lion, cabaret artist and actress (1899-1989). Portrait singing the couplet ‘Die Linie der Mode’ in the Wilde Bühne in Berlin. Published in Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung BIZ 44/1923. | src Getty Images

Valeska Gert, ‘Olé’, 1940

Lisette Model :: Valeska Gert, ‘Olé’, 1940. Gelatin silver print. Gift of the Estate of Lisette Model. | src National Gallery of Canada
Lisette Model :: Valeska Gert, ‘Olé’, 1940. Gelatin silver print. | src National Gallery of Canada

Josephine Baker, 1931

George Hoyningen-Huene :: American singer-dancer Josephine Baker wearing a costume with a large feather boa/fan for her Casino de Paris performance. Published in Vanity Fair 1931. | src and hi-res Getty Images

Emmy Hennings, Lugano, 1919

Emmy Hennings, Selbstporträt. Beschr.: [verso, hs.]: Ein Andenken an meine Mutter im Institut Sant’ Anna Lugano. 1. Oktober bis 28. März 1919-1920. | Emmy Hennings self-portrait. Descr.: [verso, ms.]: A souvenir of my mother at the Sant’ Anna Lugano Institute. October 1 to March 28, 1919-1920. | src Schweizerisches Literaturarchiv