Women’s Ball at the Lido in Amsterdam

Catrien Ariëns (1944), gelatin silver print, 1979

A Women’s Ball was organised by the bookstore Xantippe, café Saarein, and printing house Virginia – all establishments by and for women – in Amsterdam in 1979. The dress code was ‘typically feminine’: cocktail dresses and stiletto heels and so on. The photographer here caught a moment of intimacy between two of the guests.

  • Artwork typedocumentary photographs
  • Object numberNG-1981-7-28
  • Dimensionsheight 50.5 cm x width 40.5 cm