Untitled (Study of Beauty)
(1936)
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
32.8 × 23.9 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bowness Family Fund for Photography, 2021
© Dora Maar. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International
About this work
Dora Maar, a French photographer, poet and painter, established her commercial studio in Paris in 1932, quickly gaining recognition as a portrait and fashion photographer. While known as one of Pablo Picasso’s muses and the inspiration for his Weeping woman paintings, Maar was an influential artist in her own right, painting well into her eighties. As a photographer, Maar developed an elegant and experimental style, drawing on her knowledge of avant-garde photography and the ideas underpinning Surrealism. In this work, an advertising commission for the haircare brand Dolfar, Maar explores the ideal of beauty, creating an image in which the subject appears like a classical statue come to life.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on support l.r.: DORA MAAR
Accession Number
2021.17
Department
International Photography