SAHARET: (1878-1964)
SAHARET: (1878-1964) Paulina Clarissa Molony. Australian dancer, a famous performer in American vaudeville before making a triumphant debut at the Folies Bergère in Paris in 1897 where she performed a highly individual version of the cancan, renowned for its astonishing flexibility, high kicks, splits, and rapid manipulation of her voluminous skirts. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Saharet in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in dark fountain pen ink across a lighter area at the base of the image and dated at Berlin, 30th November 1903, in her hand. VG
SAHARET: (1878-1964) Paulina Clarissa Molony. Australian dancer, a famous performer in American vaudeville before making a triumphant debut at the Folies Bergère in Paris in 1897 where she performed a highly individual version of the cancan, renowned for its astonishing flexibility, high kicks, splits, and rapid manipulation of her voluminous skirts. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Saharet in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in dark fountain pen ink across a lighter area at the base of the image and dated at Berlin, 30th November 1903, in her hand. VG
