Five fashion photo portraits of an unidentified woman, possibly of Dora Kallmus herself, produced in the 1930s.
SVE-0605-1.2025: 234 × 175 mm gelatin silver print, mounted 380 × 280 mm, by Foto Laub Juci (Budapest, VI., Jókai tér 4); a bareheaded young woman in a check-patterned dress and tailored jacket, holding gloves in one hand, with a long-haired dog seated beside her; tissue guard.
SVE-0605-2.2025: 230 × 171 mm bromide print, mounted 396 × 297 mm, by Angelo [Pál Funk] (Hungary, 1894–1974); a bareheaded young woman in a short-sleeved black blouse with white collar and cuffs, and a plaid skirt, seated with a long-haired dog on a leash beside her on a pedestal; inscribed Angelo in pencil on the mount below the image; sticker to verso: ANGELO PHOTOS | BUDAPEST | IV., VÁCI UCCA 24 | TELEFON: 1-807-21; pencil inscription: “№ II”.
SVE-0605-3.2025: 230 × 173 mm bromide print, mounted 396 × 299 mm, by Angelo [Pál Funk] (Hungary, 1894–1974); a young woman in a fur-trimmed coat and a dark hat with a bow, seated beside a long-haired dog on a pedestal; inscribed Angelo in pencil on the mount below the image; sticker to verso: ANGELO PHOTOS | BUDAPEST | IV., VÁCI UCCA 24 | TELEFON: 1-807-21; pencil inscription: “IV SZAMI”.
SVE-0605-5.2025: 216 × 172 mm silver print, unmounted, anonymous studio; a smiling woman seen from below, holding a long-haired dog over her shoulders, both facing slightly left; matte finish with pencil retouch to right cheek; emulsion crease visible in upper left corner; inscribed in pencil to verso: “41 991”. Photographer not stated; however, the print may be attributed to the same studio—and possibly the same session—as the next item.
SVE-0605-6.2025: 283 × 232 mm silver print on glossy paper, mounted 360 × 280 mm, by d’Ora (Dora Kallmus) (Austria, 1881–1963); signed d’Ora PARIS in white at lower left; a reclining young woman with arched brows and dark lipstick, cradling a long-haired dog in her arms, the animal’s tongue extended toward the viewer. Two identical prints preserved, both mounted on heavy cream card.
Reference: [LIB-3351.2024] Madame d’Ora / edited by Monika Faber. – Munich, London, NY: Prestel Verlag / Neue Galerie, 2020, p. 142.
Dora Kallmus, before 1937, by F. X. Setzer. [Monika Faber]
