Ivy Nicholson in Hubert de Givenchy Ensemble, photographed by Nat Farbman, 1952 via
Ivy Nicholson in Hubert de Givenchy Ensemble, photographed by Nat Farbman, 1952 via
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Vintage Photos of Jeanne Hébuterne
Jeanne Hébuterne (1898 – 1920) was a French artist, best known as the frequent subject and common-law wife of the artist Amedeo Modigliani. Born in Paris, she aspired to be an artist and was introduced to the vibrant Montparnasse artist community through her brother Andre, who was himself an artist.
She modeled for several painters and sculptors, but soon enrolled in the Academie Colarossi for her own artistic training. There, in the spring of 1917, she met the charismatic artist Amedeo Modigliani. Jeanne began an affair with the charismatic artist, and the two fell deeply in love. She soon moved in with him, despite strong objection from her parents
Modigliani, suffering from tuberculous meningitis, died in January 1920. Jeanne Hébuterne’s family brought her to their home but Jeanne, totally distraught, threw herself out of the fifth-floor apartment window the day after Modigliani’s death, killing herself and her unborn child. Her family, who blamed her demise on Modigliani, interred her in the Cimetière de Bagneux. Nearly ten years later, the Hébuterne family finally relented and allowed her remains to be transferred to Père Lachaise Cemetery to rest beside Modigliani. Her epitaph reads:
“Devoted companion to the extreme sacrifice”.
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Jeanne Hébuterne at Amedeo Modigliani atelier in Montparnasse Paris (1919) from iulia achimescu via
Vikki Dougan a.k.a “The real Jessica Rabbit”
Throughout the 1950s model, actress and It girl Vikki Dougan (born 1929) was most famous for appearing at social events in a series of daring low-cutbackless dresses.
In 1953 publicity man Milton Weiss had the idea of promoting Vikki using the backless dresses to garner publicity. The idea was to gain a contrast with the fashion for models and actresses with large bosoms, such as Jayne Mansfield.
Throughout the 1950s she scandalized more respectable Hollywood society with her appearances in her daring backless dresses.
In 1953 photographer Ralph Crane photographed her extensively for Life Magazine. Their edition of October 26 featured her on the cover.
In the 1980s she got another claim to fame as the muse for cartoon pin up Jessica Rabbit.
Vikki Dougan by Ralph Crane (1953)
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Vikki Dougan by Ralph Crane (1953)
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Vikki Dougan by Ralph Crane (1953)
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Vikki Dougan by Ralph Crane (1953)
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Vikki Dougan by Ralph Crane (1953)
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Vikki Dougan by Ralph Crane (1953)
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Vikki Dougan by Ralph Crane (1953)
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Vikki Dougan by Ralph Crane (1953)
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Vintage Photos of Glamorous 1950s Model Suzy Parker
When modeling agent Eileen Ford met the model Dorian Leigh’s fifteen-year-old redhead sister, in 1948, she ‘almost fainted with delight’. Suzy Parker became a prominent model of her times who, with her high dimpled cheeks, short flame hair and dark blue eyes, captured the attention of the most famous photographers such as Richard Avedon who believed ‘she was something else – a redheaded force of nature, a wolf in chic clothing, the one flesh-and-blood woman in a world of exquisite creatures’ (source).
Her modeling career reached its zenith during the 1950s. She appeared on the cover of dozens of magazines and in advertisements and starred in movie and television roles.
Suzy Parker in Harpers Bazaar, wearing a little feathery hat. Photograph by Richard Avedon
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Suzy Parker for Mauboussin, 1953. Photograph by Henry Clarke.
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Suzy Parker 1955 in Lillian Bassman’s photograph The V‐Back Evenings. Lillian Bassman/Harper’s Bazaar.
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Suzy Parker, Etole Leopard, Paris 1952. Photograph by Georges Dambier.
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Suzy Parker wears Dior Haute Couture. American Vogue, 1952. Photograph by Horst P. Horst.
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Surrealist Muse Nusch Éluard – Photos by Man Ray
Nusch Éluard (born Maria Benzn; 1906 – 1946) was a French performer, model and surrealist artist.
Born in Mulhouse (then part of the German Empire), she met Swiss architect and artist Max Bill in the Odeon Café in Zurich; he nicknamed her “Nusch”, a name she would stick to.
She moved to Paris in 1928 working as a stage performer, variously described as a small-time actress, a traveling acrobat, and a “hypnotist‘s stooge”. in In 1930 she met the poet Paul Éluard working as a model. They married him in 1934. She produced surrealist photomontage and other work, and is the subject of “Facile,” a collection of Éluard’s poetry published as a photogravure book, illustrated with Man Ray’s nude photographs of her.
She was also the subject of several cubist portraits and sketches by Pablo Picasso in the late 1930s, and is said to have had an affair with him. Nusch worked for the French Resistance during the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. She died in 1946 in Paris, collapsing in the street due to a massive stroke.
Nusch Éluard by Man Ray 1936
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Man Ray, Nusch au Miroir, 1935
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Man Ray, Portrait of Nusch Eluard, 1934
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Man Ray, Portrait of Nusch Eluard, 1936
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Photos by Karen Radkai
Information about Karen Radkai is very sparse. She was a staff photographer for Vogue magazine during the 50s and 60s and was married to a fellow photographer Poul Radkai.
Portrait of Monica Vitti by Karen Radkai, 1968
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Karen Radkai, Portrait of Antonella Agnelli, Vogue, June 1966
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Model wearing a hat by Gailtzine, 1963. Photo by Karen Radkai.
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Karen Radkai, Françoise Dorléac – Paris 1964
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Photo by Karen Radkai, 1975.
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April 15, 1962 by Karen Radkai
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The First “it” Girl – Gibson Girl Evelyn Nesbit
Evelyn Nesbit (1884 – 1967) was known to millions before her 16th birthday in 1900. She was the most photographed woman of her era, an iconic figure who set the standard for female beauty.
In the early part of the 20th century, her figure and face was everywhere, appearing in mass circulation newspaper and magazine advertisements, on souvenir items and calendars, making her a cultural celebrity. She was a popular cover face on Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, The Delineator, Women’s Home Companion, Ladies’ Home Journal and Cosmopolitan.
Her career began in her early teens in Philadelphia and continued in New York, where she posed for a cadre of respected artists of the era, James Carroll Beckwith, Frederick S. Church, and notably Charles Dana Gibson, who idealized her as a “Gibson Girl.” She had the distinction of being an early “live model,” in an era when fashion photography as an advertising medium was just beginning its ascendancy.
As a stage performer, and while still a teenager, she attracted the attention of the then 47-year-old architect and New York socialite Stanford White, who became her lover and dedicated benefactor. Nesbit achieved world-wide notoriety when her jealous husband, multi-millionaire Harry Kendall Thaw, shot and murdered Stanford White on the rooftop theatre of Madison Square Garden on the evening of June 25, 1906, leading to what the press would call “The Trial of the Century.” and Evelyn became known as “The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing.”
In 1955 she was portrayed by Joan Collins in the film The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing. Marilyn Monroe had been 20th Century-Fox’s original choice for the role.
Evelyn Nesbit by Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr.
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Evelyn Nesbit by Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr.
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