GEORGE HOYNINGEN-HUENE
Josephine Baker
1929
Platinum Palladium Print
27 + 3 AP
Paper size: 61 x 50.8 cm | Image size: 50.5 x 35 cm
Embossed recto, Estate stamped, titled, numbered and signed by R. J. Horst verso.
included and issued by the George Hoyningen-Huene Estate Archives
Josephine Baker became a nightclub sensation of the roaring twenties thanks to her role in La Revue Nègre at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in 1925. The show made her an overnight star and Baker was invited to join the Folies Bergère, the famous Parisian dance hall known for its burlesques.
George Hoyningen-Huene Estate Archives / 29 ARTS IN PROGRESS gallery