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Stephanie Ludwig ~ Atelier Veritas (München) :: “Unidentified expressionist dancer, 1905” (*) | Grainger Museum Online; also here
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Stephanie Ludwig ~ Atelier Veritas (München) :: “Unidentified expressionist dancer, 1905” (*) | Grainger Museum Online; also here
(*) Although the photo was dated 1905 on source, you can read on bottom right of the frame of the two images in this post "VERITAS. MCHN. / 1910". The "unidentified expressionist dancer" looks very much like Clotilde von Derp. Clotilde Margarete Anna Edle von der Planitz (1892-1974) grew up in Munich, she received ballet lessons from Julie Bergmann & Anna Ornelli from the Munich Opera and she gave her first performance on 25 April 1910 at the [continue reading]
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Valeska Gert, Olé (1940), phot. Lisette Model
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Lisette Model :: Valeska Gert, 'Olé', 1940. Gelatin silver print. Gift of the Estate of Lisette Model. | src National Gallery of Canada
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Lisette Model :: Valeska Gert, 'Olé', 1940. Gelatin silver print. | src National Gallery of Canada
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Hans Robertson :: Gret Palucca. Solotanzstudie (in Berlin?). Fotografie (Weltpostkarte # 5634) von Hans Robertson, 1930 (?) | src SLUB ~ Deutsche Fotothek
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Edward Steichen :: Florence O'Denishawn holding a lily wearing a long gown and tiara, 1920s (for Vanity Fair). | src Getty Images
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Edward Steichen :: Actress Gloria Swanson, for Vanity Fair, in character as a French-Algerian heroine, wearing a long, sleeveless dress, with a long headwrap, next to a wall, November 1924. / src: Fine Art LA / related post [x]
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Carl van Vechten :: Dancer Alicia Markova as Gisele,New York, April 15, 1941 / src: Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Nelson Evans :: Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty Phyllis Haver. A darling antique portrait of the silent film actress by Nelson Evans posed coyly behind an umbrella, 1910′s / source: eBay
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Albert Witzel :: Vintage and original photograph of silent film actress May Allison. A fashionable pictorialist offering. Allison stuns in an lavish fur coat that reveal just a hint of her embroidered silk stockings. This is a beautifully composed antique portrait from Hollywood's early years, ca. late 1910′s – early 1920′s (Metro Pictures ink stamp on verso) / src: eBay 
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Gerhard Richter :: Mrs. Niepenberg, 1965. Oil on canvas. / src: erhard-richter.com
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William Fraker :: Vintage 1930′s Golden Age of Hollywood photograph of silver screen legend Jean Harlow. The original platinum blonde bombshell is a stunningly gorgeous vixen in this portrait that is everything we love about classic Hollywood style, photography, and charm. An absolutely smouldering view with a fine art deco sensuality and decadent glamour. original source: The estate of legendary pulp cover artist Norman Saunders./ via: Grapefruit Moon Gallery on eBay
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Clarence Hudson White :: The Bubble (aka The Watcher), 1898, printed in 1905. Platinum print. | src Metropolitan Museum of Art
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