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THE CAKE WALK, Framed display of 10 with pen notes

THE CAKE WALK, Framed display of 10 sequential photo postcards, with applied blue coloring, by "S.I.P." The steps of the dance are illustrated by the "Elke" team of the Nouveau Cirque….. This dance originated in American black slave society, mocking the manners of their European masters. It was then taken up by Europeans themselves, as here, in these French postcards with imprinted technical explanations of the moves. In this group, someone has added pen inscriptions in SPANISH bringing out the elements of erotic courtship. Hope you can do a little dance in your head thinking about the cross-cultural, social, sexual and photographic elements at play here. There is some soil and handling of the cards, and the final one has some emulsion scraped off. [2+], [D2+]

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