Lot n° 370
Estimation :
80 - 120
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 30EUR
BODY PAINTING - Lot 370
BODY PAINTING
From a semi-erotic cabaret act satirizing political figures of the time (including Hitler...), 1930s. 4 photos, vintage silver gelatin prints, unmarked on the back. 20.6 x 24.5 cm to 18 x 24 cm. Some signs of handling.
Note: This set of four photographs from the 1930s documents a cabaret act combining body painting, political satire, and revue-style entertainment. The artists use the human body as a visual canvas to depict or caricature various figures in the international news of the time, including Adolf Hitler. At the intersection of vaudeville, performance art, and political caricature, this type of show exemplifies the creative freedom and irreverent spirit that characterized certain European cabarets of the interwar period. These vintage prints offer particularly fascinating insights into forms of entertainment that have since disappeared—entertainment that blended humor, social criticism, visual illusion, and physical performance. They also provide a rare glimpse into the early use of body painting in an artistic and theatrical context.
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