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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 ...
- William Earl Dodge Stokes Jr.
- October 27, 1929 (aged 54), Gotham Hotel, New York City
Rita de Acosta Lydig. Adolf de Meyer American, born France. 1917. Not on view. 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. The image, which appeared in Vogue in 1917, resonates with the classical elegance epitomized in the paintings ...
Title: Rita de Acosta Lydig. Artist/Maker: Baron Adolf de Meyer (American, born France, 1868 - 1946) Date: negative 1913; print 1914. Medium: Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: Image: 35.4 × 27.9 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.) Sheet: 50.5 × 40.4 cm (19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in.) Culture: American. Object Number: 84.XM.471.4. Inscription (s):
4 de dez. de 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. On certain afternoons it glows.
Cecil Beaton dedicated an entire Chapter on Rita in his book, ‘Glass of Fashion,’ called her “as fantastic as any character in romantic literature, Mrs. Rita de Acosta Lydig graced the opening cycles of the twentieth century with a perfectionism that would have been rare in any period since the Renaissance.”.
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. She was one of the foremost women of the American and international high society, renowned for her eccentricity.
Rita Hernandez de Alba de Acosta Stokes Lydig was an American socialite regarded as "the most picturesque woman in America." She was photographed by Adolf de Meyer, Edward Steichen, and...
