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Plant and Window Study

1934

Dora Maar

(French, 1907–1997)

France, 20th century

Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped

Image: 22.5 x 26.5 cm (8 7/8 x 10 7/16 in.); Paper: 22.5 x 30.3 cm (8 7/8 x 11 15/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 2007.73

Location

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Description

Photographing the interior of the Kew Gardens Palm House in London, Maar juxtaposes the botanical ornaments and structure of its distinctive Victorian ironwork staircase with the lacy, far less regimented leaves and trunks of the plants. Botanical studies by Maar contrast profuse foliage with spare, geometric built elements..

Provenance

The artist's estate, Paris

November 19, 1999

(PIASA, Paris, Nov. 19, 1999, no. 8, sold to David Raymond)

1999-2007

David Raymond [b.1979], New York, NY

2007-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E. Hinson, Ian Walker, and Lisa Kurzner. Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography : the David Raymond Collection in the Cleveland Museum of Art. 2014. Mentioned: p. 101; reproduced: p. 10; reproduced and mentioned: pp. 224.

Maar, Dora. Dora Maar: Bataille, Picasso et les surréalistes. [Marseille]: Musées de Marseille, 2000. Reproduced: p. 107, no. 77; mentioned: pp. 266.

Maar, Dora, and Victoria Combalía Dexeus. Dora Maar: Haus der Kunst München, 13. Oktober 2001-6. Januar 2002 ; Musées de Marseille, Centre de la Vieille Charité, 20. Januar-4. Mai 2002 ; Centre Cultural Tecla Sala, L'Hospitalet Barcelona, 15. Mai- 15. Juli 2002. München: Haus der Kunst München, 2001. Reproduced: p. 125, no. 79; mentioned: pp. 324.

Maar, Dora. Dora Maar: Photographer. Long Island City, NY: Dorsky Gallery, 2004.

Exhibition history

Dora Maar: Bataille, Picasso, et les Surréalistes. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Mùnich, Germany (October 13, 2001-January 6, 2002); Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France (February 7-April 30, 2002); Centre d’Art Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet, Spain (May 21-July 15, 2002).

Dora Maar: Photographer. Dorsky Gallery (April 25-June 28, 2004).

Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19, 2014-January 11, 2015).

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