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Summary
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English:
American writer Natalie Clifford Barney lived most her life as an expatriate in Paris. At her home there, she hosted a weekly
salon
, sometimes including performances. This photo depicts Barney along with Eva Palmer and Liane de Pougy, both current or former lovers of Barney's, and other women dressed in ancient Greek attire. At least one source (Dorf, below) attests that the image depicts a performance of Barney's play
Équivoque
, a retelling of Sappho's legend first performed in 1906.
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| Date | c. 1900 (possibly 1906) |
| Source | https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_229236 |
| Author | From the Alice Pike Barney papers at the Smithsonian Institute. The collection includes photographs taken by Barney, though no photographer is listed for this particular work. |
Licensing
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer . This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929. |
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