Schenk dancer and draperies

Charles Schenk (American, active New York 1898-1905) ~ Schenk-Draperies, New York, United States; 1902; Collotype. | Getty Museum
Charles Schenk :: Dance studies, plate 12, circa 1910. Gelatin silver print from collotype negative. | src Freeman’s auction

Charles Schenk was active in New York from 1898 to 1905. He produced a series of motion studies of women dancing with drapery as well as a collection of multi-plate prints detailing women’s hands at work. His works are in the collections of the Getty Museum, MoMA and the Rijksmuseum.

Charles Schenk (American, active New York 1898-1905) ~ Schenk-Draperies, New York, United States; 1902; Collotype. Eight images of a woman dancing in a simple dress with a rope belt. Full plate. | Getty Museum
Charles Schenk (American, active New York 1898-1905) ~ Schenk-Draperies, New York, United States; 1902; Collotype.
Charles Schenk (American, active New York 1898-1905) ~ Schenk-Draperies, New York, United States; 1902; Collotype. | Getty Museum

Estella Reed by Paul Citroen

Paul Citroen :: Portret van danseres Estella Reed, 1931 © Paul Citroen / Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam | From Gallery of Honour of Dutch Photography
Paul Citroen :: Portret van danseres Estella Reed, 1931 © Paul Citroen / Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam | From Gallery of Honour of Dutch Photography

The Female Figure, ca. 1917

Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: The Female Nude, ca. 1917. Dye imbibition print. Rotogravure. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Inscriptions on verso: [stamp] Original Photograph by Karl Struss \ FROM “THE FEMALE FIGURE.” \ First Series. Plate Nº. [in ink]: 16.

Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: The Female Figure, ca. 1917. Hess-Ives print. Rotogravure. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Inscriptions on verso: [stamp] Original Photograph by Karl Struss \ FROM “THE FEMALE FIGURE.” \ First Series. Plate Nº. [in graphite]: 32.

‘Der Idiot’, 1952

Siegfried Enkelmann :: ‘Der Idiot’, 1952. Dancers Wiet Pilar and Harald Horn from the Berlin Ballet performing a scene from „The Idiot“, a ballet based on Dostoyevsky’s novel. Print annotated in pencil (on verso) | src eBay

Aerodanze 3 e 1, 1931

Giannina Censi in "Aerodanze 3: rovesciamento d'apparecchio" di [T. Santacroce. Milano?], [1931 ?]. Mart, Archivio del ’900, Fondo Censi. | src Mart, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto on Google Arts
Giannina Censi in “Aerodanze 3: rovesciamento d’apparecchio” di [T. Santacroce. Milano?], [1931?]. Mart, Archivio del ’900, Fondo Censi. | src Mart, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto on Google Arts
Giannina Censi. Aerodanze 1 [1931] src Mart - Fondo Giannina Censi
Giannina Censi. Aerodanze 1 [1931] src Mart – Fondo Giannina Censi

Aerodanze 1. Pubblicata in Bonfanti E., Il corpo intelligente. Torino: il segnalibro, 1995, p.25; Vaccarino E., (a cura di) Giannina Censi: danzare il futurismo. Milano: Electa; Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, 1998, p.101; Vergine L., (a cura di) L’altra metà dell’avanguardia: 1910-1940: pittrici e scultrici nei movimenti delle avanguardie storiche. Milano: Mazzotta, 1980, p.128

Aerodanze 3. Pubblicata in Poggi Longostrevi G., Cultura fisica della donna ed estetica femminile. Milano: Hoepli, 1933, p.246; Vaccarino E., (a cura di) Giannina Censi: danzare il futurismo. Milano: Electa; Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, 1998, p.107

The dance school, ca. 1929

František Drtikol :: L’école de danse, 5e version, ca. 1930. Tirage argentique. | src Deburaux · Du Plessis
František Drtikol :: Untitled [Dancers in black costume], 1929. Gelatin silver print, blindstamped ‘Drtikol & Pol Praha 1929’| src Christie’s

Ein Sommernachtstraum, 1927

Nini und Carry Hess :: Ein Sommernachtstraum, Schlossfestspiele Heidelberg, 1927, Theaterwissenschaftliche Sammlung, Universität zu Köln. | A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Heidelberg Castle Festival, 1927, Theater Studies Collection, University of Cologne. | src Münchner Stadtbibliothek blog