The striptease lesson. Rehearsal of a number by the director of the cabaret Le Sexy, from the series "Strip-Tease"

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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"
Artist/Maker (Italian, 1928 – 2020)
Date1955-1959
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (16.2 × 24.8 cm) Image: 6 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (16.2 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.231
Not on view
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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: 52/53 Photo: 61 Format: 25.5 x 14.8]"
Published References Illustrated: Lindermohr, Patrick, and Frank Horvat. J'aime le Strip-Tease. Lausanne: Editions Rencontre, 1962. pg. 104-105
Inscribed Verso, upper center: "FCC F 5563"
Verso, lower left corner: "FH-F-037" and "3500"
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".
Frank Horvat
Date: 1955-1959
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.229
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
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
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
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
Sacha Pitoëff, the son of Ludmilla and Georges Pitoëff, actor, presenter and director, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Sacha Pitoëff, the son of Ludmilla and Georges Pitoëff, actor, presenter and director, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.272
Photo from inside ante-room of Mayor Richard J. Daley's office shows entrance of Congress of Racial Equality demonstrators being barred by police. Garrick Madison (white shirt) 18, spokesman for the group, talks with Col. Jack Reilly (white hair), the mayor's director of special events, who eventually allowed Madison and four other representatives of CORE to enter the suite for an interview with Daley. Daley later told reporters: "They asked for my co-operation with regarding the Board of Education, and I told them it is not my policy to interfere with the Board of Education." Reporters and city hall workers are amidst CORE group outside office, Chicago.
Photo from inside ante-room of Mayor Richard J. Daley's office shows entrance of Congress of Racial Equality demonstrators being barred by police. Garrick Madison (white shirt) 18, spokesman for the group, talks with Col. Jack Reilly (white hair), the mayor's director of special events, who eventually allowed Madison and four other representatives of CORE to enter the suite for an interview with Daley. Daley later told reporters: "They asked for my co-operation with regarding the Board of Education, and I told them it is not my policy to interfere with the Board of Education." Reporters and city hall workers are amidst CORE group outside office, Chicago.
Date: July 22, 1963
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.282
Ollie “Widow” Combs standing next to bulldozer in protest of strip mining on her land
Ollie “Widow” Combs standing next to bulldozer in protest of strip mining on her land
Bill Strode
Date: November, 1965
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.119
Actress Julia Borisova of the Vakhtangov theatre company, Moscow, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Actress Julia Borisova of the Vakhtangov theatre company, Moscow, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.265
Georges Wilson to become the old Hindsborough in "Arturo-Ui", by Bertolt Brecht, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Georges Wilson to become the old Hindsborough in "Arturo-Ui", by Bertolt Brecht, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.266
Behind the scenes where they concentrate before entering the stage (actors, including Jean Vilar, smoking), from the series "Le Théâtre"
Behind the scenes where they concentrate before entering the stage (actors, including Jean Vilar, smoking), from the series "Le Théâtre"
Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.267
Show by Tennessee Williams, staged by Postec, at the Alliance-Francaise, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Show by Tennessee Williams, staged by Postec, at the Alliance-Francaise, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.268