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Hildegarde Watson
ca. 19259 15/16 x 8 in. (25.2 x 20.3 cm)
Man Ray
United States (New York, NY, 1890 - 1976, Paris, France)
Object Type:
Photograph
Medium and Support:
Gelatin silver print (?)
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Helen C. Ellwanger
Accession Number:
1982.46
Location: Not currently on view
Man Ray was the only American who was intimately tied to the Surrealist group in Paris. During the 1920s, his photographic portraits were highly sought after, by the bohemian crowd as well as the social elite. Thwarting expectations causes a sense of tension that was one of the aims of the Surrealists; here, the inclusion of the mannequin arm is intended to disturb and disorient the viewer. Man Ray used the false arm in another portrait in 1932, that of fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli.
The subject here is Hildegarde Watson, daughter-in-law of the museum’s founder. She was a philanthropist, singer, painter, writer, photographer, and active preservationist.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
The subject here is Hildegarde Watson, daughter-in-law of the museum’s founder. She was a philanthropist, singer, painter, writer, photographer, and active preservationist.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Looking Back: A Perspective on the 1913 Inaugural Exhibition 10/8/1988 - 11/20/1988
- Interior Landscapes: Surrealism in the Permanent Collection Memorial Art Gallery 12/15/2005 - 3/6/2006
- It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG's Collection 3/17/2013 - 6/9/2013
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: Man Ray Photograph Added to Gallery's Permanent Collection. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 48, Issue Number: 10. Issue Date: May-June 1983.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--.
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Marjorie Searl and Lu Harper. The Memorial Art Gallery: 100 Years. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2013.
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It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue
Entry for this artwork in the It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue. The exhibition ran from March 17-June 9, 2013