Tag: portrait, Porträt, retrato, ritratto, portret, retrat, Bildnis

Portrait of dancer by Offner

Mortimer Offner (attr. to) (1900-1965) :: Stella Berch (sic), dancer, 1923. Vintage gelatin silver print applied on original cardboard. | src Drouot & Finarte Italia
Mortimer Offner (American, 1900 – 1965) :: Stella Bloch, ca. 1923. Platinum print. | src Nelson Atkins Museum

Virgin Mary by Charles Berg

Charles I. Berg :: [Mary] Woman posed as the Virgin Mary, head-and-shoulders with halo, 1900s | src Library of Congress
Charles I. Berg (1856-1926) :: [Mary] Woman posed as the Virgin Mary, head-and-shoulders with halo
[between 1900 and 1910] Platinum print. Signed in pencil on back of mount: “Chas. I. Berg, N.Y.”
Charles I. Berg :: [Mary] Woman posed as the Virgin Mary, head-and-shoulders with halo, 1900s [DETAIL]

Carte postale Degami

Ritratto di giovane donna, cartolina postale. Fotografo : Degami. S. 426. | src Archivi Alinari ~ image link
Ritratto di giovane donna, cartolina postale. Fotografo : Degami. S. 426. | src Archivi Alinari ~ image link

Medito la vendetta….

Medito la vendetta….
Ritratto di giovane donna, cartolina, 1910-1920, postcard (P chlorine-bromide). Unidentified Author | Archivio Alinari

The Fondazione Alinari per la fotografia (Archivio Alinari) hosts four similar postcards, the captions are as follows:

  • Tradimento fu il suo (AVQ-A-000047-0123)
  • Medito la vendetta (AVQ-A-000047-0122)
  • Abbandonata al mondo seduttore (AVQ-A-000047-0119)
  • l’orgoglio del mio onore vincerà (AVQ-A-000047-0118)

La Cigale or Odalesque?

Emma Justine Farnsworth :: La Cigale, 1899; photogravure in blue mounted on light gray wove paper.
From : American Pictorial Photography, Series I | src National Gallery of Art
Controversial: is this image Berg’s or Farnsworth’s?
Charles I. Berg (American, 1856-1926) :: Odalisque, circa 1897. Photogravure. Camera Notes Vol. 3 No. 3. | The Art of Photogravure
Charles I. Berg (American, 1856–1926) :: Odalesque (sic), No. 17 from the portfolio “American Pictorial Photography, Series I” (1899); edition 146/150 | AIC · Art Institute Chicago

This has not been an involuntary mistake, the images had been credited as there were in their respective sources. But there is further to be noticed, as you can see, the image below look more like one of Farnsworth in style and motive.

(***) | src National Gallery of Art

(***) credits on source is as follows :

Charles I. Berg : Odalesque, 1899
series Title : American Pictorial Photography, Series I
Medium : photogravure in red mounted on green wove paper

Index : American Pictorial Photography, Series I (1899) Published for ‘Camera Notes’ by the Publication Committee of the Camera Club (New York)

Plate 16 : La Cigale …………….. by Emma J. Farnsworth

Plate 17 : Odalesque ………….. by Charles I. Berg

Bearing in mind the photographers’ styles and motives it is highly probable that the plates had been miscredited at the National Gallery of Art. We reckon the last but one image in this post is plate number 16 (La Cigale / Farnsworth); and the other images correspond to plate number 17 : ‘Odalesque’ by Charles Berg.

Anyway, we are not certain about it, but hope that you have enjoyed the images.

Frau von Heute · Fleischmann

Trude Fleischmann (1895–1990) ~ Marianne Rosenberg, Vienna, 1931 | Ostlicht Spring 2023 Photo Auction
Trude Fleischmann (1895–1990) ~ Marianne Rosenberg, Vienna, 1931 | Detail

Photographer’s stamp with address at “Wien I. Ebendorferstraße 3”, her copyright stamp and her re-order stamp with handwritten negative no. “1039/a” in ink, “Wiener Foto-Kurier” agency stamp, several numbers and handwritten annotated “Frl. Marianne Rosenberg” in pencil on the reverse. LITERATURE “Die junge Frau von Heute”, in: Die Bühne, no. 299, March 1931, Vienna, p. 5 (titled “Fräulein Maria Rosenberg”); Frauke Kreutler, Anton Holzer (eds.), Trude Fleischmann. Der selbstbewusste Blick, cat. Wien Museum, Vienna 2013, p. 127 (ill. from “Die Bühne”).

«Die junge Frau von Heute». Fräulein Maria Rosenberg. Die Bühne, no. 299, March 1931, p. 5
«Die junge Frau von Heute» Die Bühne, no. 299, March 1931, p. 6
«Die junge Frau von Heute» Die Bühne, no. 299, March 1931, p. 7
Elisabeth Martin, die Gattin des Direktors der Berliner Volksbühne Karl Heinz Martin. Die Bühne, 299, März 1931
Hanne Wassermann, die bekannte Wiener Gymnastiklehrerin. Die Bühne, 299, März 1931

Dana Steichen colour portraits

Edward Steichen ~ [Dana Steichen draped in shawl], ca. 1920. Cyanotype and palladium print. | src George Eastman museum
Edward Steichen ~ [Dana Steichen draped in shawl], ca. 1920. Cyanotype and palladium print. | src George Eastman museum
Edward Steichen ~ Dana Steichen Holding a Sunflower, ca. 1924. Cyanotype and palladium print. | src George Eastman Museum
Edward Steichen ~ [Dana Steichen draped in shawl], ca. 1920. Cyanotype and experimental process. | src George Eastman Museum

Dana Steichen by Steichen

Edward Steichen ~ Dana [Desboro Glover] Steichen holding an Apple ca. 1923. Dye imbibition print. | George Eastman Museum

After a quiet romance, Steichen married the actress Dana Desboro Glover in March 1923 in Blairstown, New Jersey, where Dana’s family owned a farm. From 1928 on they lived together on a large farm in West Redding, Connecticut where Steichen continued his extensive work in plant genetics, breeding award-winning delphiniums and other flowers. A strikingly modern glass home they built there continues to garner praise for its extraordinary siting and craftsmanship. Up until 1927, they also spent a part of each summer at Steichen’s home in Voulangis. Dana Steichen died in 1957 after thirty-four years of marriage. (quoted from E.S. Estate)

Edward Steichen American, b. Luxembourg, 1879–1973 [Dana Steichen with apple] ca. 1920 Cyanotype and palladium print
Edward Steichen (American, b. Luxembourg, 1879–1973)
Edward Steichen ~ [Dana Steichen with apple], ca. 1920. Cyanotype and palladium print. | George Eastman Museum