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MADAME d’ORA
Untitled
 1931

Medium
gelatin silver photograph

Measurements
22.4 × 16.4 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2023
© the Artist's Estate

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Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International

 

About this work

Dora Kallmus, known professionally as Madame d’Ora, photographed high-profile figures associated with art, fashion and politics, including Josephine Baker and Coco Chanel. In 1907 Madame d’Ora opened her first studio in Vienna, Atelier d’Ora, one of the first photography studios in Vienna to be operated by a woman. She later moved to Paris, where her career flourished well into the 1930s – Atelier d’Ora was renowned for its glamorous, softly focused portraits – until she was forced to close her studio due to Nazi occupation.

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Inscription
incised in negative (in image) l.l.: d’Ora / Paris

Accession Number
2023.16

Department
International Photography

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