Ruth St Denis
Dec 18, 2008
The Peacock (no date).
Dancer Ruth St Denis (1879–1968) strikes Art Nouveau poses in the New York Public Library’s Denishawn Collection, now at Flickr.
Radha (1904).
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Peacocks
• Rene Beauclair
• Elizabetes Iela 10b, Riga
• The Maison Lavirotte
• Whistler’s Peacock Room
• Beardsley’s Salomé
• The art of Hernan Gimenez
• Images of Nijinsky
4 comments or trackbacks
#1 posted by mr.kenneth
Dec 18th, 2008
gorgeous!
the top pose + attitude is reminiscent of Gloria Swanson’s descent down the stairwell during the final scene in “Sunset Boulevard”
#2 posted by John
Dec 18th, 2008
She’s definitely ready for her close-up.
#3 posted by Nathalie (Spacedlaw)
Dec 18th, 2008
Weee! More copyright free archive pictures to play with for my Word of the Day things!
Some great stuff there. Thanks for the link.
#4 posted by Thombeau
Dec 20th, 2008
She was fabulous. And what a great link!
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