Madame d’Ora

Lasting from 1919 to 1933, the Weimar period in Germany was known for cutting-edge art that captured the artistic freedom—and decadence—of those years. The same qualities suffuse the images of Dora Kallmus (1881–1963), an Austrian-Jewish photographer who went by the name Madame d’Ora. She became acclaimed for her Deco-style fashion spreads and society portraits, with figures such as Pablo Picasso, Josephine Baker and Collette posing for her. In keeping with the Weimar zeitgeist, her photos were often racy or dissolute in tone. This show is the largest ever presented of her work in the United States.