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Collection Online as of June 7, 2023

Double Portrait with Hat

c. 1936–37

Dora Maar

(French, 1907–1997)

France, 20th century

Gelatin silver print, montage with handwork on negative

Image: 29.8 x 23.8 cm (11 3/4 x 9 3/8 in.)

Gift of David Raymond 2008.172

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Dora Maar scavenged the two faces from a magazine assignment she did on springtime hats.

Description

Maar sandwiched two negatives of the same model and painted the background and hat (or is it a decomposing halo?) onto the negative. Softening the emulsion, she scraped and lifted it off, techniques that involve destruction and suggest disintegration. The face evokes depictions of female faces in the art of her lover, Pablo Picasso, especially his 1938 paintings of weeping women for which Maar was the model.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Dora Maar estate stamp on verso of print: "DM/1999"

Provenance
The artist's estate, Paris
November 19, 1999
(PIASA; Drouot Richelieu, Paris, Nov. 19, 1999, no. 47)
(Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, NY)
David Raymond [b.1979], New York, NY
2008-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Baring, Louise. Dora Maar: Paris in the Time of Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, and Picasso. New York, NY : Rizzoli Interntaional Publications, Inc., 2017. Mentioned p. 168; Reproduced pp. 120-121.
Hinson, Tom, Ian Walker, and Lisa Kurzner. Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography: the David Raymond Collection. Cleveland Museum of Art. 2014. Mentioned: p. 26; reproduced: p. 27; reproduced: p. (x); mentioned p. 102; mentioned: pp. 225.
Maar, Dora. Dora Maar: Bataille, Picasso et les surréalistes. Marseille: Musées de Marseille, 2000. Reproduced: p. 214, no. 184; mentioned: pp. 271.
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. 250, no. 176; mentioned: pp. 332.
Johnson, Annabella. Dora Maar: Photographer. Long Island City, NY: Dorsky Gallery, 2004. Reproduced: pg. 1.
Beisiegel, Katharina. Picasso: The Artist and His Muses. Black Dog Publishing, London, 2016. Reproduced and mentioned: p. 91.
Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 312
Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016. Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 24
Benkemoun, Brigitte. "Discovering Dora Maar," In Gagosian, Fall 2019, pp. 58-61. Reproduced and mentioned: pp. 58-61.
Benkemoun, Brigitte. Discovering Dora Maar." Gagosian, (Fall 2019): 58-61.. Reproduced: p. 59
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).

Dora Maar. Tate Modern (November 19, 2019-March 15, 2020).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2008.172