J. Chassaing, Josephine Baker, n.d., lithograph, courtesy of the Rennert Collection, New York


Unknown Photographer, Josephine Baker, Havana, Cuba, 1951, gelatin silver print, 9 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches, Collection of Mary Strauss

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Walery Studio (Stanislaus Walery; French, 1863-1935), Josephine Baker in Banana Skirt from the Folies Bergère production "Un Vent de Folie," 1928, gelatin silver print, 5 1/2 x 3 5/16. Private collection, St. Louis, © Hulton Archive.

Kees van Dongen (French, b. Netherlands, 1877-1968), Joséphine Baker au Bal Nègre, 1925, watercolor, 28 x 19 inches, collection of André Van Breusegem, Belgium, © 2005 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

Baron Adolph de Meyer (American, b. Germany, 1868-1949), Josephine Baker, 1925-26, gum bichromate over platinum print, 17 13/16 x 11 5/8 inches (45.2 x 29.5 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987 (1987.1100.16). Photograph © 1989 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Paul Colin (French, 1892-1986), Josephine Baker, 1925, ink and watercolor on paper, 7 3/8 x 5 11/16 (18.8 x 14.4 cm), collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution NPG.98.119. © 2005 Artists Rights Society(ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

Unidentified Photographer, Josephine Baker in Havana, Cuba, 1951, gelatin silver print, 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches, collection of Mary Strauss, St. Louis.

Jean Chassaing (French, active 1920s and 1930s), Josephine Baker, 1931, lithograph, 42 1/2 x 61 3/8 inches, courtesy of the Rennert Collection, New York City.

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