Tag: woman bending back

Nude bent back by Vetrovsky

Josef Vetrovsky (1897-1944) ~ Nude gymnast [Bridge on demi-point], ca. 1925-1930. The words ‘Pohyb’ (movement) and ‘Volankova’ (model) written on verso. Vintage toned gelatin silver print | src liveauctioneers

Women gymnastics · 1930s

Rainer Sopanen ~ Voimistelua (Gymnastics), 1933. JOKA (Journalistinen kuva-arkisto)
Gymnastics photo from book “Soita sinä, me voimistelemme” | src Museovirasto
Women gymnastics (Finnish : Naisvoimistelua). Women gymnastics at Mrs. Verna Pahlman’s courses. Photo: Aira (JOKA)
In : Suomen Kuvalehti 1930 nr. 21, 956 | src Museovirasto
Original scan of image on top from the book “Soita sinä, me voimistelemme”

A Woman by Sibilla Aleramo

Detail of the bookcover for 'A Woman' by Sibilla Aleramo. Unknown artist. Image edited from: Giannina Censi: Aerodanze 3, 1931
Detail of the bookcover for ‘A Woman’ by Sibilla Aleramo. Unknown artist. Image edited from: Giannina Censi: Aerodanze 3, 1931
'A Woman' by Sibilla Aleramo. First published in 1906, this semi-autobiographical novel is a key text for understanding Italian women's writing of the twentieth century. | src Penguin Books | Giannina Censi: Aerodanze 3, 1931; edited image for bookcover.
‘A Woman’ by Sibilla Aleramo. First published in 1906, this semi-autobiographical novel is a key text for understanding Italian women’s writing of the twentieth century. | src Penguin Books | Giannina Censi: Aerodanze 3, 1931; edited image for bookcover.
Giannina Censi in "Aerodanze 3: rovesciamento d'apparecchio", 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”, 1931. Mart, Archivio del ’900, Fondo Censi. | src Mart, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto on Google Arts

Censi bending backwards

From the exhibition ‘L’elica e la Luce’ curated by Chiara Gatti and Raffaella Rech, at Museo MAN di Nuoro | src italtecnica.it
Image: Giannina Censi in “Aerodanze # 3: rovesciamento d’apparecchio”, 1931.
Giannina Censi in “Aerodanze 3: rovesciamento d’apparecchio”, 1931. Mart, Archivio del ’900, Fondo Censi. | src Mart, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto on Google Arts

Agniel bent back by de Mirjian

De Mirjian Studios~ Marguerite Agniel posing leaning back, circa 1929 | src Wellcome library collection
Agniel in Supta Virasana. Marguerite Agniel demonstrating “A good exercise for the back and abdominal muscles” in her 1931 book The Art of the Body (Batsford, 1931). Photograph by John de Mirjian | src wikimedia commons
John de Mirjian ~ Marguerite Agniel posing leaning back wearing a two-piece costume and matching turban, photographed in studio, 1929 | src Wellcome library collection