COLLECTION NAME:
Willa Cather Images Gallery
Record
Title:
Olive Fremstad as Salome
Description:
A black and white photograph of Olive Fremstad, a Norwegian-American, acting on a stage as Salome. The woman wears a dress with detaling that resembles chainmail or netting. There is a crown on top of her curly head, and she extends her right arm toward a stage prop of a man's decapitated head, John th Babtist. The head rests on a small, ornate pedestal sitting on top of a large manhole. The gate to the round entrance is listed, and Fremstad stands on two of the steps leading up to it. Her facial expressions seem alarmed as she reaches for the head. In the background is scene with a row of flower bushes and buildings. Cather and Fremstad were in correspondence, as Cather met her through her wok at McClure's. Many characteristics of Thea Kronborg, the protagonist in Cather's "The Song of the Lark," are inspired by Fremstad's life.
Subject:
Fremstad, Olive, 1871-1951
Original Size:
24 x 19 cm
Original Format:
Black/white print
Digital Object Identifier:
90928
RGNumber/MSNumber:
RG1951
Collection Title:
Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation
Repository:
Nebraska State Historical Society
Original Item Number:
1272
Copyright Ownership:
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Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation
