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Rita Hernandez de Alba de Acosta Stokes Lydig (October 1, 1875 – October 27, 1929) was an American socialite named by one observer as "the most picturesque woman in America." She was photographed by Adolf de Meyer , Edward Steichen , and Gertrude Käsebier , sculpted in alabaster by Malvina Hoffman , and was painted by Giovanni ...
'Rita de Acosta Lydig' by Adolphe de Meyer. Baron Adolphe de Meyer. Henry Clarke leg, 1997. circa 1913. Platinum print. GALH1185T. Palais Galliera, musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris. Rita de Acosta (1879-1929) arose from Spanish parents who settled in New York.
4 dic 2008 · Sitting in the bay window of the Rosenbach Museum & Library is an alabaster bust of Rita De Acosta Lydig by artist Malvina Hoffman. Hoffman’s sculpture is particularly striking not only in her choice of subject matter but also in her choice of stone.
Rita de Acosta Lydig. De Meyer’s portrait of the socialite, art patron, “shoe queen,” and suffragette Rita de Acosta Lydig is striking in its simplicity of tone and contour.
Rita Hernandez de Alba de Acosta Stokes Lydig (1 er octobre 1875 - 27 octobre 1929) est une mondaine américaine considérée comme « la femme la plus pittoresque d'Amérique ».
Rita Acosta de Lydig, sketch by Cecil Beaton from an alabaster portrait by Malvina Hoffman. In ‘The Glass of Fashion,” published in 1954, Cecil Beaton wrote that “although she walked very short distances, Mrs. Lydig possessed at least three hundred pairs of shoes, shoes that have never been seen before or since.
Madame Gerber, the eldest Callot sister, served as the primary designer for the house until 1927 when her sons took over the business. Rita de Acosta Lydig (1880-1929), a noted beauty and style icon of the early twentieth century, owned this garment, attributed to Callot Soeurs.
