d'Ora/Benda - Two female dancers , around 1925

image of 2 (two) dancer) possibly Mila Cirul and Hedy Pfundmayr by legendary studio d'Ora/Benda with their logo in the negative in the upper left portion of the photograph. Verso notation reading "Engelbucht" which may refer to the title of the dance piece.

AGE: shot most likely during the mid-1920s to the 1930s
PROCESS: gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper
DIMENSIONS: 18 x 13.2 cm
CONDITION: photo slightly warped, all condition issues clearly visible on the scans.

Dora Philippine Kallmus (also known as Madame D'Ora; 20 March 1881 – 28 October 1963) was an Austrian fashion and portrait photographer. In 1907, she established her own studio with Arthur Benda in Vienna called the Atelier d’Ora or Madame D'Ora-Benda. The name was based on the pseudonym "Madame d'Ora", which she used professionally.
Arthur Benda (born 1885, in Berlin, † 1969, in Vienna) was a German photographer. From 1907 to 1938 he worked in the photo studio d'Ora in Vienna, from 1921 as a partner of Dora Kallmus and from 1927 under the name d'Ora-Benda as the sole owner.