"Ravishing Actress" (I.e.,Unknown Woman), Cabinet Card, By Reutlinger, Paris
That would be Paris, France as opposed to Paris, Texas.
I think this is the photograph that Art Nahpro has called forth, otherwise known as "Ravishing Actress." mrwaterslide certainly is ravished. Sarony in America, and Nadar in Paris may be more famous, but Reutlinger, for Pure D Photographing of Voluptuous Female Beauty (Fully-Clothed Division) is Tops (in mrwaterslide's estimation). Part of his mastery is in his fantastic use of light and dark forms, of which this photo is one example. mrwaterslide recently passed on an even better example of Reutlinger's Olympian use of Light & Dark (Reutlinger's aren't cheap, though I would venture a guess that they are under-priced.)
This photo no doubt is not a unique example. Reutlinger photographed his damsels to sell to the masses, kind of like baseball cards, I guess. If you want to get yourself a 1955 Mickey Mantle Topps baseball card of Feminine Pulchritude, get a Reutlinger.
So anyway, here she is. Who she is, I know not---she may have been an actress, or an opera star. Reutlinger was big on opera stars. She may have just been another run-of-the-mill (joke alert, joke alert) Parisian courtesan. You be the judge.
Here's a link to some more Reutlinger images, in an exhibition curated by Paul Frecker, a London dealer in vintage photographs who has a particularly affinity for Reutlinger. Only a few of the images in the exhibition on Luminous-Lint come up to the very best of Reutlinger, but go to the last one and look at it---it's nice. Here's the llink: luminous-lint.com/__sw.php?action=ACT_VEX&p1=_PHOTOGR...
If you want to see all the images in the exhibition as thumbnails, and then click on the ones that interest you, click on "Lightbox."
"Ravishing Actress" (I.e.,Unknown Woman), Cabinet Card, By Reutlinger, Paris
That would be Paris, France as opposed to Paris, Texas.
I think this is the photograph that Art Nahpro has called forth, otherwise known as "Ravishing Actress." mrwaterslide certainly is ravished. Sarony in America, and Nadar in Paris may be more famous, but Reutlinger, for Pure D Photographing of Voluptuous Female Beauty (Fully-Clothed Division) is Tops (in mrwaterslide's estimation). Part of his mastery is in his fantastic use of light and dark forms, of which this photo is one example. mrwaterslide recently passed on an even better example of Reutlinger's Olympian use of Light & Dark (Reutlinger's aren't cheap, though I would venture a guess that they are under-priced.)
This photo no doubt is not a unique example. Reutlinger photographed his damsels to sell to the masses, kind of like baseball cards, I guess. If you want to get yourself a 1955 Mickey Mantle Topps baseball card of Feminine Pulchritude, get a Reutlinger.
So anyway, here she is. Who she is, I know not---she may have been an actress, or an opera star. Reutlinger was big on opera stars. She may have just been another run-of-the-mill (joke alert, joke alert) Parisian courtesan. You be the judge.
Here's a link to some more Reutlinger images, in an exhibition curated by Paul Frecker, a London dealer in vintage photographs who has a particularly affinity for Reutlinger. Only a few of the images in the exhibition on Luminous-Lint come up to the very best of Reutlinger, but go to the last one and look at it---it's nice. Here's the llink: luminous-lint.com/__sw.php?action=ACT_VEX&p1=_PHOTOGR...
If you want to see all the images in the exhibition as thumbnails, and then click on the ones that interest you, click on "Lightbox."