Object Details
Artist
Carl Van Vechten, 17 Jun 1880 - 21 Dec 1964
Sitter
Anna May Wong, 3 Jan 1905 - 3 Feb 1961
Exhibition Label
Marlene Dietrich’s influence on other women cannot be underestimated. In this photograph, Anna May Wong, who co-starred with Dietrich in Shanghai Express (1932), wears a man’s tuxedo suit and top hat. The first person to do so in the public eye was Dietrich, who identified consistently and without apology as a bisexual woman. Dietrich had a palpable influence on Wong since 1930, when they celebrated with Leni Riefenstahl at the Reinmann Art School Ball.
No podemos subestimar la influencia que ejerció Marlene Dietrich sobre otras mujeres. En esta foto, Anna May Wong, quien coprotagonizó con ella Shanghai Express (1932), lleva un esmoquin con sombrero de copa. La primera mujer que se atrevió a esto en público fue Dietrich, quien se identificaba con insistencia y sin reparos como bisexual. La influencia de Dietrich sobre Wong resulta palpable desde 1930, cuando ambas coincidieron con Leni Riefenstahl en el baile de la Academia de Arte Reinmann (foto abajo).
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Date
1932
Object number
NPG.90.88
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© Carl Van Vechten Trust
Type
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 35.5 × 27.8 cm (14 × 10 15/16")
Mat: 71.3 × 55.9 cm (28 1/16 × 22")
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Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Costume\Jewelry\Ring
Home Furnishings\Drinking vessel\Glass
Costume\Headgear\Hat\Top hat
Anna May Wong: Female
Anna May Wong: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Movie actor
Portrait
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Record ID
npg_NPG.90.88