dora kallmus (madame d'ora)

dancer, anita berber, 1923

princesse leila bederkhan, danseuse kourde, ca. 1930

tamara de lempicka, 1929

marlene dietrich, 1927

sisters g, 1920s

josephine baker, 1928

mme. agnes, modiste

ilona karolewna, 1924

la jana, halfan air woman, 1930

frl. eskenasy, 1924

anna pavlova in ballettkleid, 1913

dancer & choreographer mary wigman

dreaming of other places

artist tamara de lempicka's former workship is up for sale in paris. there are four levels that open onto co-owners' gardens and a view of the cluny convent's gardens. the property includes a workshop with high ceilings, study, three bedrooms, two staff bedrooms, two cellars & a pair of terraces. a wet bar is tucked into a sleek burled wood-paneled area on the mezzanine level overlooking the main space below. the space is listed at 3.9 million euros. le sigh - i would never leave home!

icon - suzy solidor

suzy solidor by tamara de lempicka, 1933.

suzy solidor wearing chanel bracelets, man ray, 1920s.

suzy solidor with jean cocteau, paris, by françois kollar, 1938.

les jambes de suzy solidor by albert rudomine, vers 1940.

portrait of suzy solidor, francis picabia, 1933.

suzy solidor music poster, disques pathé

suzy solidor was born in 1900 in brittany, france under the name suzanne louise marie marion - she changed her name to suzy solidor when she moved to paris in the 1920s. she was a popular singer who owned the chic nightclub "la vie parisienne". she became known as the "most painted woman in the world" posing for some of the greatest artists of her time including pablo picasso, man ray, tamara lempicka, georges braque, francis picabia and many others. her only stipulation for the sittings was that she would be given the paintings to hang in her club. she died in 1983 in cagnes-sur-mer.

the story-tellers, part 4

edvard munch ca. 1908

georgia o'keefe by alfred stieglitz, 1920

balthus by man ray, 1933

lucien freud, 1958

tamara de lempicka, ca. 1925