Miss Rita Renoir thinks that striptease gets its effect on the viewer, as it is done with mind and feeling, more than with the body. To demonstrate this theory, Rita Renoir performed for us a "striptease of the face", from the series "Strip-Tease".

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Miss Rita Renoir thinks that striptease gets its effect on the viewer, as it is done with mind and feeling, more than with the body. To demonstrate this theory, Rita Renoir performed for us a "striptease of the face", from the series "Strip-Tease".
Miss Rita Renoir thinks that striptease gets its effect on the viewer, as it is done with mind and feeling, more than with the body. To demonstrate this theory, Rita Renoir performed for us a "striptease of the face", from the series "Strip-Tease".
Artist/Maker (Italian, 1928 – 2020)
Date1955-1959
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (16.5 × 24.4 cm) Image: 6 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (16.5 × 24.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.229
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Provenance 2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
From the collection of Charles-Henri Favrod, the founding director of the Musée de l'Elysée de la Photographie in Lausanne, Switzerland
Markings Verso, center, (paper adhered to back): "[Volume: Strip-Ts / Page: 108/109 Photo: 126 / Format: 17.6 x 14.8]"
Published References Illustrated: Lindermohr, Patrick, and Frank Horvat. J'aime le Strip-Tease. Lausanne: Editions Rencontre, 1962. pg. 168
Inscribed Verso, lower left: "FH-F-010" and "3500"
Verso, upper center: "FCC F5624"
Verso, center: "12"
The striptease lesson. Rehearsal of a number by the director of the cabaret Le Sexy, from the series "Strip-Tease"
The striptease lesson. Rehearsal of a number by the director of the cabaret Le Sexy, from the series "Strip-Tease"
Frank Horvat
Date: 1955-1959
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.231
The number of Miss Poupée la Rose, from the series "Strip-Tease"
The number of Miss Poupée la Rose, from the series "Strip-Tease"
Frank Horvat
Date: 1955-1959
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.230
Miss Dodo of Hamburg hugging poodle, Crazy Horse Saloon, from the series "Strip-Tease"
Miss Dodo of Hamburg hugging poodle, Crazy Horse Saloon, from the series "Strip-Tease"
Frank Horvat
Date: 1955-1959
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.232
End of a number in a Pigalle music hall, Paris, from the series "Strip-Tease"
End of a number in a Pigalle music hall, Paris, from the series "Strip-Tease"
Frank Horvat
Date: 1955-1959
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.234
Cameraman and starlet at the Cannes Film Festival, from the series "Strip-Tease"
Cameraman and starlet at the Cannes Film Festival, from the series "Strip-Tease"
Frank Horvat
Date: 1955-1959
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.233
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by B…
As long as I can work here I will. It's better than housework. Cauliflower packing is hard work but I don't even think about it. My hands go through the motions, my mind's somewhere else. The season lasts six months, then I pack tomatoes and collect unemployment for the rest of the year., from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1975 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.84
The parish priest Ramonet: "I left for the Ile de Sein with a book on Gurdjieff that was supposed to get me back into shape. I barely looked at it. Thanks to Felix Guilcher, a real, lyrical and discreet hero, a rare friend discovered over there, to a Parish Priest, and to all the islanders, more islander than Breton, I soon felt quite at home, something quite unexpected, indeed inconceivable. Happy and calm, I was protected from the distant continent by a superb and pitiless sea. On Sein, I finally told myself "they'll never get me!". I'll never be able to repay my debt to the Sein Islanders for what they gave me
The parish priest Ramonet: "I left for the Ile de Sein with a book on Gurdjieff that was supposed to get me back into shape. I barely looked at it. Thanks to Felix Guilcher, a real, lyrical and discreet hero, a rare friend discovered over there, to a Parish Priest, and to all the islanders, more islander than Breton, I soon felt quite at home, something quite unexpected, indeed inconceivable. Happy and calm, I was protected from the distant continent by a superb and pitiless sea. On Sein, I finally told myself "they'll never get me!". I'll never be able to repay my debt to the Sein Islanders for what they gave me
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
Date: 1956
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.197
Rita Gam
Rita Gam
Philippe Halsman
Date: Published September 15, 1952
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2010.5
Feeling the Sword, Sword Swallower, Saratoga, NY, from the series "You Can Still Get Your Kicks on Route 6, Boston Globe"
Feeling the Sword, Sword Swallower, Saratoga, NY, from the series "You Can Still Get Your Kicks on Route 6, Boston Globe"
Henry Horenstein
Date: 1985
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.22
South Vietnamese soldiers ride elephants across a river in the Ba Don area, about 20 miles from the Cambodian border, during a patrol in search of Viet Cong guerrillas in June 1964. In some conditions, the Hannibal-like transportation is more suited to jungle warfare than more modern vehicles
South Vietnamese soldiers ride elephants across a river in the Ba Don area, about 20 miles from the Cambodian border, during a patrol in search of Viet Cong guerrillas in June 1964. In some conditions, the Hannibal-like transportation is more suited to jungle warfare than more modern vehicles
Horst Faas
Date: June 27, 1964
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.201
Let Us Think Twice before we Let Loose the Dogs of War, from "Harper's Weekly"
Let Us Think Twice before we Let Loose the Dogs of War, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 13, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.226
You have to be in good physical condition in the fence business because it's hard work. Everybody in the business is related, either your brother or your cousin works for us or for another fence company. Our product is better than the customer expects. We use the best materials and do the job right., from the series "Working"
You have to be in good physical condition in the fence business because it's hard work. Everybody in the business is related, either your brother or your cousin works for us or for another fence company. Our product is better than the customer expects. We use the best materials and do the job right., from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1974-76 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.91