Dora Maar (French, 1907-1997)Untitled (Ship Abstraction), c. 1930. Estate stamp in black ink on the verso. Gelatin silver print, 3 15/16 x 2 7/16 in. (10.0 x 6.2 cm), matted, unframed.
Condition: Minute accretions u.r.
Literature: Victoria Combalía Dexeus.
Dora Maar: Haus der Kunst München. München: Haus der Kunst München, 2001. Entry 14, illustrated.
N.B. A lover and muse of Pablo Picasso, Dora Maar was an accomplished artist in her own right. In 1927, Maar began studying painting in Paris, then quickly switched to photography at the École de Photographie de la Ville de Paris. In the following years, while she was in her 20s, she became prominent among the Surrealists (André Breton, Man Ray, Paul Eluard, and others) and produced a remarkable body of work that included photo montages, portraits, nudes, landscapes, fashion and advertising photography, and street scenes in Paris, London, and Barcelona.
Condition
Condition: Sheet dimensions 4 3/16 x 2 13/16 in.
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