1914

betty lindley photographed by alexander bassoon, 1914

goldfish and palette paris, quai saint-michel by henri matisse, fall 1914

charlie chaplin & roscoe arbuckle in “the masquerader”,  keystone pictures, 1914

"men wanted for hazardous journey. small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. honour and recognition in case of success."

according to legend, this is an ad placed in a london newspaper by antarctic explorer sir ernest shackleton, august 1914.

the funeral of archduke franz ferdinand & his wife, killed during attack on sarajevo, july 2, 1914

(his assassination triggered the start of world war I)

la marchesa luisa casati with peacock feathers by giovanni boldini, 1914

grand prix de l’automobile club de france prix (a fiat in the foreground) photographed by maurice-louis branger, 1914

francisco "pancho" villa on the presidential seat & emiliano zapata photographed by agustin victor casasola, dec. 6, 1914

trousers dress from paris. photo by bain news service, feb. 14, 1914

vaslav nijinsky as the spectre in "le spectre de la rose," photographed by e.o. hoppe, 1914

rural mail delivery, 1914

fish & vegetable meals will save wheat, meat & fats for our soldiers & allies, propaganda poster, 1914

egon schiele photographed by anton josef trčka, vienna, 1914

grigori rasputin in hospital recovering from an attempt on his life, 1914

ballet russe - ballet russe de monte carlo

ballet russe de montecarlo

tamara geva, lubov tchernicheva, alice nikitina & alexandra danilova with serge lifar as the telegraph boy in la pastorale, 1926

le train bleu, stage frontcloth by picasso for the diaghilev ballet russes, 1924

léonide massine as pulcinella in pulcinella, photographed by e.o. hoppe, 1920 

anna Ppavlova in costume for russian dance, london, ca.1910

alexandra danilova and serge lifar in apollon musagète, ca. 1928

lubov tchernicheva in thamar, ballets russes, ca. 1930s

chatelet gran de saison de paris, ballet russe by jean cocteau

michel fokine and tamara karsavina in the firebird, ca. 1910

mikhail mordkin, diaghilev’s ballet russe dancer photographed by nickolas muray, 1922 

ballet russe de monte carlo 1939-1940 season. 

souvenir program by henri matisse

andre eglevsky &  jeannette lauret in shéhérazade, ballet russe de monte carlo 

mikhail fokine & vera fokina in carnaval 

music by robert schumann, choregraphy by mikhail fokine, design by léon bakst, ca. 1910

costume for cléopâtre in the ballets russes production of cléopâtre, 1918

 roméo et juliette, costume design by joan miró, ca. 1926

jean cocteau’s ballet le train blue,  costumes by coco chanel, 1924

léonide massine and alexandra danilova in le pas d'acier by diaghilev's ballets russes, paris, france, photographed by sasha, 1927

valentina koshuba in les noces petrouchka, photographed by edward steichen, may 1929

hand programme for the 1941-42 season of the ballet russes de monte carlo,  cover by salvador dalí

vaslav nijinski,  les orientales,  la danse siamoise, 1910

serge lifar, icare, photographed by boris lipnitzki, 1935

the story-tellers, part 43

elizabeth taylor dressed as an odalisque, photographed by firooz zahedi, 1976.

la grande odalisque by jean-auguste dominique, 1814.

odalisque by achille jacques-jean marie devéria, 1800-1857.

odalisque I photographed by horst p. horst, 1943.

la grande odalisque (after ingres) by pablo picasso, 1907.

kiki de montparnasse en odalisque photographed by man ray, 1925.

odalisque by françois boucher, 1745.

odalisque seated with arms raised, green striped chair by henri matisse, 1923.

a modern odalisque photographed by e. donald roberts jr., ca. 1894.