A house for Josephine

摘要

In 1924, Adolf Loos left Vienna to build a new life for himself in Paris. The following year, 19-year-old Josephine Baker made her European debut at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. Though African-American performers and musicians had been arriving in the city since the war, nothing struck Paris quite like Baker. Her provocative stage shows transfixed the avant-garde.