Tag: portraying

Travestiekünstler Barbette, 1929

Atelier d’Ora (Arthur Benda) :: Damenimitator Artist und Travestiekünstler (eigentl. Karl Rundfrege) tanzt bei einem Auftritt im Variete Scala in Berlin. Veröffentlicht im Tempo 1.07.1929. Lady imitator artist and travesty artist (aka Karl Rundfrege) dances at a performance in the Variete Scala in Berlin. Published in Tempo 01/07/1929. | src Getty Images | related posts

The dance lives in me… (1925)

«The Dance Lives in Me, and I in the Dance». Anna Robenne interviewed by George Engelhardt. Art Lovers Magazine, December 1925 issue. Published monthly by Art Publications, Inc. | src internet archive

Nazimova interview, 1926

Nazimova interviewed by Adela Rogers St. Johns for Photoplay magazine, October 1926. | src internet archive

“I did ‘Salome’ as a purgative”, declares Nazimova. “The trash I had played made me sick with myself. I wanted something so different, so fanciful, so artistic, that it would take the taste out of my mouth”. Costume designs for Salome were Natacha Rambova’s (including the iconic wig).

Mother, Leo and Silvia, ca. 1890

Eveleen Myers (née Eveleen Tennant) :: Leopold Hamilton Myers; Silvia Constance Myers; Eveleen Myers (née Tennant), platinum print, ca. 1890. “Mother, Leo and Silvia. Drawing Room. Garden Door.” written on recto bottom. | src NPG

Remedios Varo y la máscara, 1956

Kati Horna ~ Remedios Varo y la máscara, 1956. Remedios Varo, posing with a mask by Leonora Carrington | src Morton Subastas
Kati Horna ~ Portrait of Remedios Varo [wearing a mask by Leonora Carrington], 1957 | src Princeton University Art Museum
Kati Horna (1912-2000) ~ Remedios Varo with a mask made by Leonora Carrington, Mexico, 1957 | src NYBooks
Kati Horna ~ Surreal portrait of Remedios Varo [wearing a mask by Leonora Carrington], 1957 | src Princeton University Art Museum

Der Variété- und Trapezkünstler Barbette, 1926

Atelier d’Ora :: Der Variété- und Trapezkünstler Barbette, 1926. | src MK&G ~ Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)